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Submitted: 5/6/20 • Approved: 5/6/20 • Last Updated: 5/9/20 • R262055-G0-S3
RADIO TECHNICIAN THIRD CLASS US Navy
USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
World War II
October 11, 1913 - July 30, 1945
Purple Heart
Killed in Action
This is a cenotaph. RT3 Cain was aboard the USS Indianapolis when it delivered the atomic bomb to the Island of Tinian on July 26, 1945. While sailing from Guam to Leyte Gulf to prepare for the invasion of Japan, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. The ship sank within 12 minutes leaving approximately 900 men, out of the crew of 1,196, in the water. When rescued approximately five days later only 316 men were still alive.
RT3 Alfred Brown Cain's name is listed on the Tablets Of The Missing at the Manila American Cemetery & Memorial.
Contributed on 5/6/20 by bridges1026
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