{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Discovery of U.S.S. Indianapolis has local connection &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Q4rpaFblQi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/discovery-u-s-s-indianapolis-local-connection\/\">Discovery of U.S.S. Indianapolis has local connection<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/discovery-u-s-s-indianapolis-local-connection\/embed\/#?secret=Q4rpaFblQi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Discovery of U.S.S. Indianapolis has local connection&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"Q4rpaFblQi\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/U.S.S.-Indianapolis.jpg","thumbnail_width":258,"thumbnail_height":168,"description":"Discovery of the U.S.S. Indianapolis \u2014 a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1945 during WWII \u2014 brings up long-buried memories for one local man whose brother was on the ship when it went down. Seventy-six-year-old Cleland Thorpe, a resident of Fifth Street in Corbin and a lifelong resident of the town, said his brother Everett Nathan Thorpe was one of the 1,196 crewman on the vessel when it was hit by a torpedo on July 30, 1945 in the Philippine Sea. It took only 12 minutes to sink. \u201cI talked to this one fellow some years back who was a baker on the ship \u2026 he baked all the bread on the ship,\u201d Thorpe said. \u201cHe said he gave my brother a loaf of bread. \u2018I really don\u2019t mean to cause any hard feelings or any grief,\u2019 he told me, \u2018but he was right about where that torpedo hit and he didn\u2019t have a chance of getting off the ship.\u2019\u201d Everett Thorpe was a Watertender Second Class on the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Cleland Thorpe said he was very young when his brother died, but has memories of him coming home on shore leave and playing with him and his brothers from time to time. \u201cHe was a good looking boy. Handsome as he could be,\u201d Thorpe said. \u201cHe had a girlfriend in western Kentucky when that happened.\u201d The sunken wreckage of the ship was discovered by billionaire entrepreneur Paul Allen this past Saturday in about 18,000-feet of water in the Philippine Sea. The attack led the largest loss of life at sea, from a single ship, in U.S. Navy history. Thorpe had two other brothers who served in WWII \u2014 Junior Thorpe, with the U.S. Army 88th Signal Battalion, killed in France by German soldiers, and Lewis Thorpe, a U.S. Navy veteran who survived the war and also served in the Korean war, who currently lives in California. Cleland Thorpe said there has been discussion over the years about whether or not to raise the U.S.S. Indianapolis if it is ever found. He thinks it should stay where it was found. \u201cI think they ought to just leave it,\u201d Thorpe said. \u201cMy brother was buried at sea, and I don\u2019t think you ought to disturb a grave.\u201d"}