Patsy T. Mink: “he starts off by saying, My name is Hunter Scott. I am 12 years old and in the seventh grade, and I have been pursuing…”

“he starts off by saying, My name is Hunter Scott. I am 12 years old and in the seventh grade, and I have been pursuing this matter of the war time disaster, and he goes on to detail almost day by day, hour by hour what happened exactly to the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and it is a very, very moving, well-documented, well-researched piece of evidence. The letter in its entirety is as follows: October 12, 1997. Hon. Patsy T. Mink, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear Representative Mink: My name is Hunter Scott. I am 12 years old and in the seventh grade. Enclosed are several recent newspaper articles about my history fair project on the USS Indianapolis tragedy in 1945. The greatest wartime disaster at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy, in which only 316 of 1,196 men survived including its skipper Charles B. McVay III, who was court-martialed and found guilty. I have also included a video cassette of my appearances on NBC Nightly news with Tom Brokaw, and TNN's ``Prime Time County''. I would like to thank you in advance for any help you could give me. Congressmen Scarborough and Bono have already agreed to help me in my quest to help clear Captain McVay's name, and honor the ship and its crew. Captain McVay is the only skipper ever court-martialed for losing his ship in a time of war, despite the fact over 700 ships were lost in WWII.…”