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Watch The Trailer For The Upcoming USS Indianapolis Movie

The trailer is out for the feature film based on the USS Indianapolis disaster near the end of World War II.

"USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage" stars Nicolas Cage and Tom Sizemore and premieres Memorial Day weekend.

Japanese torpedoes sunk the Indianapolis July 30, 1945. Three-quarters of the ship's 1,200 sailors died either in the blast or in the waters of the Pacific – from dehydration, exposure to the elements and sharks.

This is the first feature length film about the tragedy.  Its release date is around the same time as a documentary, "USS Indianapolis: The Legacy", which features recent interviews with many of the remaining survivors of the disaster. Some of them have died since they were interviewed - only 23 of the 317 who survived the sinking are still alive.

Late last year we talked to a survivor when he visited Indiana to mark the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.

Sara Wittmeyer contributed to this story. 

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