Jim Belcher - Surviving the USS Indianapolis and Healing

Jim Belcher - Surviving the USS Indianapolis and Healing - July 30,
1945, a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-58 sunk the USS
Indianapolis. The ship sank in minutes taking a quarter of her crew
with her. Among the men that survived, the attack was Jim Belcher.
Just over a month later, the war was over, I-59 surrendered and Jim
was reassigned to duty in Japan. For the  of this episode head
to Here's our episode with Harold Bray who is a survivor of the USS
Indianapolis' sinking When the Indy sank it altered lives, even
those that were not born yet. In Japan, Jim met, fell in love with
and married a young Japanese girl named Toyoko. This love story
resulted in a long marriage and a son named Jim Jr. In 2001 Jim Sr
passed away, but Jim Jr was only beginning his journey as part of
the Indy's legacy. Of the 316 that survived, less than 10 are left.
Jim looks after the men, their legacy and continues to help keep
the story of the Indy alive. Find out more about USS Indy at: Pete
A Turner hosts this ep with special guest host Martin Bennett.
Martin is an author who tells a similar story of post-WWII
Japanese/American healing and family. Get Martin's book at: Please
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