A remarkable artifact survives to tell the story of the first moments of the Battle of the Atlantic.

The American assault on Fortress Brest, led by the 2nd, 8th, and 29th Divisions under General Troy Middleton, marked one of World War II’s most ferociously contested battles.

Ed Bearss, a US Marine who was severely wounded in combat in 1944 and went on to become a great Civil War historian, passed away on September 15, 2020, at the age of 97. He stood for the finest values and traditions of the US Marine Corps.

Find out the story behind one of the boldest defiant acts of World War II. 

By making the USS Indianapolis story a central plot point in Jaws, director Steven Spielberg introduced the story of the ship and its survivors to a wide audience, and with that larger audience came close scrutiny of how filmmakers told the story.