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“Anyway, We Delivered the Bomb”: Dredging the Disaster of the USS Indianapolis from History to Hollywood Cover

“Anyway, We Delivered the Bomb”: Dredging the Disaster of the USS Indianapolis from History to Hollywood

By: Sebastian Croft  
Open Access
|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2024-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2067-5712 | Journal ISSN: 1583-6401
Language: English
Page range: 69 - 92
Published on: Dec 6, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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