I knew nothing about the USS Indianapolis except the short little reference to it in the JAWS movie, until now. The first 100 pages or so are the preliminary events that led up to the disaster with some terms and references that I am not familiar with, but they were not so complicated that I couldn't follow the story. After that "all hell broke loose".I found out, I think in necessary detail, just some of what these men endured during their 4 long days in the water. These men struggled for days to keep themselves and each other alive. Some were attacked by sharks, some drank the salt water, and some died from plain exposure to the elements. I had no idea what salt water could do to the human body and these men could not escape it.It's an amazing story.