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Our American Stories

Remembering the Worst Naval Disaster In American History—A Story Featured in the Movie "Jaws"

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3737 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Robert Shaw's "Quint" told the world about what happened to the USS Indianapolis in the hit movie "Jaws." The late Edgar Harrell, the last surviving Marine from the downed ship, tells the real-life story of that fateful day. It's a story you won't soon forget.

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0:00.0

I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer.

0:03.4

If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built, then tune in to my podcast, building one.

0:09.5

I speak with some of the best product builders out there.

0:12.1

I've always been inspired by frustration.

0:14.7

It came back to my own personal pinpoint.

0:16.9

So we had to go out to farmers and convince them.

0:20.1

Following that curiosity is a superpower.

0:22.7

You have to be obsessed with the human condition.

0:25.3

Listen to Building One on the IHeart Radio app, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.2

Hey, you guys. I'm Catherine Legg.

0:31.7

I'm a racing driver who's literally driven everything with four wheels across the planet.

0:36.4

And I've got a new podcast. It's called

0:38.6

Throttle Therapy. This season, I'm competing in some of the world's most notorious racing events.

0:44.0

Tune into my new podcast, Throttle Therapy, with Catherine Legg, an IHeart women's sports

0:48.3

production in partnership with deep blue sports and entertainment. You can find us on the IHeart

0:52.9

Radio app, Apple podcast,

0:54.7

or wherever you get your podcast. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports.

1:00.7

Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. This season on my podcast, Here's the Thing. I speak with musician,

1:07.1

photographer, and philanthropist, Julian Lennon. One of the really important things that happened to me with photography was I would have people

1:15.2

right to me, people that couldn't financially afford to travel the world.

1:19.7

And what they had all said to me is that you bring these stories to us.

1:24.1

You bring the truth, you bring cultures that we would never necessarily know anything about.

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