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IndySon: A belated welcome<IMG alt="Sign - Welcome [#welcome]" src="/TRC/CS/emoticons/icon_smile_sign_welcome.gif"> and have what ever you want on my tab. I've read a great deal on the sinking of your fathers ship and have the deepest respect for those men and especially for there captain. It is a shame that Capt. McVey. ( I'm not sure about the spelling of the Capt. name. ) The navy and our country did him a great disservice in the way he was treated. May they all rest in pease.   Thank you, Paul, and everyone else who has passed on warm regards for the crew of the USS Indianapolis, and Capt. McVay.  I never had the honor of meeting Capt. McVay, but have spoken to both his sons and I believe only a veteran understands the depth of the dishonor the Navy hung on Capt McVay when they court martialed him for "hazarding his ship by failing to zig-zag" in a warzone after the same Navy denied his sonar-less cruiser escort to Leyte and failed to notice a heavy cruiser was missing 3 1/2 days after it sank, leaving several hundred young men to fend off sharks and dehydration while they just tried to survive.  One of the original charges was "failure to abandon ship in a timely manner"...the ship sank in 12-15 minutes!  Dad was asked once if he was told to abandon ship, and he stated "No, the ship abandoned me".  Some 30 or so Indy survivors will be attending an airshow & mini-reunion in Indianapolis in late August...if any forum readers are nearby and wish to drop by, look me up as I will be helping out at one of the tables set up for the survivors, and would be honored to introduce you to them.  They are a disappearing treasure, as are all our WWII & Korean War vets.  I salute them all. As for model railroading and this forum, I am enjoying the light conversations, getting to recognize the names, and anxious to get started on my layout.  I did just take a trip down to Roanoke VA and the Transportation museum there.  The highlights of my visit there were riding down on my new Harley 02 Springer Softail, climbing vertically up into the cab of a GG1, and standing beside all those old old steamers.  I took lots of pictures if anyone is interested. Thanks for welcoming me.  I'll try to keep posting progress on my as-of-now nonexistent layout.  Working on a setting and general layout design, then will actually put the wood and styrofoam to use. Regards to all. Jim (Indyson) P.S.  Someone suggested starting on the dining room table if "the wife will let you".  That, my friend, would be my obituary...LOL.  Been there, done that.  Didn't make 25 yrs married this August by repeating those mistakes.
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