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Shark Week, #7

For the last week or so, the ww2file has been running on autopilot, with posts appearing every other day (or so) while I was catching up with some relatives at the OBX, NC. It was nice to sun these tired old bones for a few days. During my time in the water, I couldn’t help […]

Shark Week #6

More about Ocean of Fear and the USS Indy… First, linked here is Peter Chen’s review of In Harm’s Way. The pictures linked below here are apart of the ww2db.com collection of 3500 photos, many culled from the National Archives and the US Naval Historical Center. This is the USS Indy (at left) at the […]

Shark Week, #5

I got to thinking about a passage I read in Fussell’s Wartime (I keep going back to that, I know, but it’s a great read) about public discourse (or what people could/would actually say in the 1940s regarding the actualities of conflict). Much of F’s argument has to do with light v. heavy duty, his […]

Shark Week #4

Okay, so I watched all two hours of Ocean of Fear and thought it was a pretty decent show. I bet my wife a dollar that there would be at least two actors from Band of Brothers in the cast, since those guys seem to show up everywhere. I thought maybe Matthew Leitch (Talbert), Peter […]

Shark Week #3

In light of the Shark Week and the documentary Ocean of Fear (premiering today, July 29), I found myself over at the USS Indianapolis Survivors web site reading about Woody James. His day by day chronology of events is most engaging. From Day 3 of his ordeal: The day wore on and the sharks were […]

Shark Week, #2

There isn’t much I liked about the movie Jaws. It did, however, keep me out of the surf for a good portion of my youth. But that’s another story. When it airs on cable now, I always surf back in for Robert Shaw’s scene stealing moment on the sinking of the USS Indianapolis prior to […]

Shark Week

The Discovery Channel is set to air Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever, the story of the USS Indianapolis. Here is the blurb from their web site: A dramatic documentary featuring the story of the USS Indianapolis in World War II. Explore the sinking and the horrifying shark attacks that cost hundreds of soldiers’ […]