Mel pointing to the area where he was sleeping to DJOn this date in in 1945, DJ,s dad was sleeping on the tail of the USS Indianapolis when the ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The torpedo tore off the front part of the ship which acted like a huge shovel as if plowed through the water. The ship sank in 12 minutes. 300 men went down with the ship leaving 880 floating in the water facing exposure, dehydration and...
