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uurnettsville Native Was S. Indianapolis SurvivorWar veterans all have talesthat they tell•over 'nd over, sometimes to their family's dismay. But Richard •McVay’s World War il story’ of survival in the shark-infestedMcVayers of the Pacific Ocean is being told once more, by friends and his family.McVay, a Burriettsville native, died Tuesday in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Lafayette, but his story, and that of the sinking of the U.S.S, Indianapolis lives on,• One of his sons. Brian, of West Lafayette, said his father talked many times about the ordeal.;iHe was very open about it, but during his illness over the past years, he stopped talking about It. It was too emotional for him,” Brian said.Richard McVay was one of 300 of the 1,300 men aboard the ship who survived when it was hit by three Japanese torpedos as the ship sailed between Guam andthe Phillipines or July 30, 1945.Most of the crew survived the sinking.It took four days for search planes to find the men, and by that time, many of the survivors had died from exposure and shark attacks.Brian said his father joined a club formed by the survivors and attended the meetings regularly until his poor health interfered with travel.
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Logansport Pharos Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Wed, Dec 23, 1987
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