Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks at ceremony honoring USS Indianapolis

Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks at ceremony honoring USS Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— Attorney General Todd Rokita spoke at a ceremony on Friday marking 80 years since the USS Indianapolis went down in WWII. The boat was made famous in WWII as a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1932. The boat carried 1,196 sailors and Marines at the time it sank. Three hundred crew members are said to have gone down with the ship. Eight hundred and ninety men were left to survive in the shark-infested waters. By the t…

Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks at U.S. Navy ceremony honoring crew 80 years after ship went down in 1945

USS Indianapolis was instrumental in securing victory for U.S. in World War II Submitted by Office of AG Todd Rokita The sacrifice of the sailors and Marines aboard the USS Indianapolis when it sank 80 years ago continues – quite rightly – to be commemorated, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said today. But some Americans, he added, may forget the pivotal role of that crew in securing victory for the United States in World War II. The vessel…