What Reviewers Have Said About: All the Drowned Sailors Released in paperback under the name The Tragic Fate of the U.S.S Indianapolis The cover-up of America's greatest wartime disaster at sea; the sinking of the USS INDIANAPOLIS with the loss of 880 lives because of the incompetence of admirals, officers, and gentlemen. "Author Lech, a former marine, used previously unavailable files to paint a harrowing picture of what went wrong." UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL "Raymond Lech, in painstakingly researched book, has revealed the never-before-told story of the facts behind the sinking and answers a number of crucial questions---." "---gripping detail---." "---an intriguing work which will be of interest to the student, the historian and the veterans of the Pacific war as well as the general public." THE PATRIOT LEDGER
 (5/31/83) "---one of the most controversial military books of the year---." "---ALL THE DROWNED SAILORS dramatically comes to grips with every aspect of the startling case." "---a heart-wrenching story of bravery against all odds and a straight-from-the-shoulder indictment of those who caused the tragedy and tried to hide the truth." THE MILITARY BOOK CLUB
 (May, 1983) "It was the country's greatest disaster at sea, yet one of the least publicized." "---Mr. Lech, a former marine, has now managed to pry the facts." "---the evidence he has collected is compelling." THE NEW YORK TIMES 
 BOOK REVIEW
 (5/22/83) "---chilling vividness---." "Lech calls the subsequent naval inquiry a 'cover-up' and it is hard to dispute him." "Now, almost 40 years later, thanks to this book based on official documents, this inglorious episode is told at last." JOHN BARKHAM REVIEWS "A shattering, true story of survival in the final days of World War II." "It would be five days before their ordeal ended - five days of horror, rage, and towering heroism. Vivid, unforgettable and true." THE LITERARY GUILD
 (July, 1983) "Lech maintains, and makes a strong case for his view, that there was a calculated coverup---." "---chilling implications, past, present and future." "---forcefully written and meticulously research---" THE OREGONIAN
 Portland, Oregon (1/24/83) "Lech calls the initial investigation into the sinking a mockery." "New research casts doubt on guilt of WW II Navy captain." THE HONOLULU ADVERTISER
 (7/29/83) "---the facts behind a U.S. naval disaster of World War II are finally being brought to light---." "---two book clubs will be offering the expose by Raymond B. Lech." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
 (Rights & Permissions - 10/22/82) "---a record loss, because of idiocy upon idiocy, of 880 lives." "---Lech has had access to documents which further shift the blame from the INDIANAPOLIS' scapegoated skiper, Capt. Charles McVay III, and onto various knuckle-rapped higher-ups." "The victims' suffering (suicide, murder, madness), in tandem with the cavalier inaction ashore, gives point to Lech's outrage." "With the substantiating documents: a foul business - covered up or not." KIRKUS
 (10/15/82) "---Lech is the first person to have had access to the confidential records and court-martial proceedings. His book should be in all World War II collections." LIBRARY JOURNAL
 (12/15/82) "A ghastly specter from the past is about to raise up and smite three of the Navy's legendary World War II leader - Navy Secretary James Forrestal and Admirals Ernest King and Chester Nimitz." "The book proves that McVay was never warned by the high command that his ship---was in danger of a Japanese attack." UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC. "Lech's book discloses the coverup of blunders that sent INDIANAPOLIS unknowingly into submarine-infested waters---." "---very detailed--." "---interesting and detailed." "---the full text of the now declassified messages are contained in the appendices. The readers can judge the deception for themselves." "Even 38 years after the fact, ALL THE DROWNED SAILORS is a damaging book---." "---Lech was able to receive the documents that make this book the startling expose it is." NAVY TIMES
 (3/14/83) "ALL THE DROWNED SAILORS vividly retells the suffering of the survivors---." "The author has painstakingly researched the official records, some not previously made public, and carefully documents the chain of circumstances and the personnel and material failures which combined to doom the INDIANAPOLIS and most of her crew." ADMIRAL HORACIO RIVERO
 Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations;
 Commander-In-Chief of Allied Forces in
 Southern Europe; Ambassador to Spain.
 SAN DIEGO, CALIF. UNION
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