A Fate Worse Than Death... Pt. 2

Wartime Stories

Ballen Studios

Society & Culture

4.8 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

USS Indianapolis sank after delivering bomb parts, leaving sailors to five days of shark attacks and survival before rescue.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to new episodes of wartime stories early and ad-free right now.
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0:15.8	No worries.
0:17.3	Double Dog.
0:18.8	Let's try to get some shut on him.
0:22.2	I bet ladies already got shifts coming to get us.
0:24.9	There'll probably be here at the time we wake up.
0:28.2	You watch.
0:29.6	You say so, Klanker.
0:31.9	Damn, Japs.
0:33.4	Might just come back and kill us all before they get here.
0:36.1	Nah.
0:38.2	They're long gone by now.
0:40.9	Well, I'm going to nod off.
0:44.1	You guys take first watch.
0:46.0	Keep an eye for those chaps, for you.
0:50.3	Hey, sis.
0:51.5	Bad enough treading water without you kicking me.
0:55.0	Knock it off, will you?
0:57.0	Sorry, sorry. That wasn't me.
0:59.0	Yeah.
1:00.0	Knock it off just as saying.
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