In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

by Doug Stanton

“Just because I brought you into this world,” she told him, “doesn’t mean anything’s going to be easy. You’ll have to work for everything you get.” He credited her words with getting him through Okinawa.

Working steadily by the weak light of an intermittent moon, he tried his best as his heart broke.