Detroit — Jeff Ortiz was going through an uncle’s belongings in 2009 when he learned Bobby Ortiz's name was on a plaque honoring the sailors who died when the USS Indianapolis was attacked during ...

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) on Nov. 8, 2024. US Navy Photo Less ...

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying. The U.S.S. Indianapolis at port in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1937. The sinking of the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — More than 100 films are being shown at the 34th Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis. The 11-day festival, taking place Oct. 9-19, will include 19 world/U.S. premieres, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Inspired by the early days of the World Wide Web, this year’s Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis, which starts next month, will center around the importance of ...

For our weekend trip to Indianapolis, my mom and I checked into the Bottleworks Hotel, a former Coca-Cola bottling plant that’s been transformed into an art deco boutique hotel. We marveled at the ...

LINCOLN — Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the 23-year-old sailor from Nebraska was literally dying of thirst. Clarence Hupka and other crew escaped the sinking of the USS Indianapolis only to spend ...

San Diego – Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding presence in San Diego Bay. He’d caught ...

On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine after delivering components of the atomic bomb, leaving hundreds of sailors stranded at sea. Judge Orders Release of $95M in ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week marks 80 years since the attack on the USS Indianapolis, which the Navy says had just finished delivering the parts of the atomic bomb that helped end World War II. The ...

There is a statue of Harold Bray on the corner of Military and First streets in Benicia. The 7-foot-tall statue — created by Matt Glenn — shows smiling Bray as a teenager in his U.S. Navy uniform. “I ...