Hunter Scott was determined to make things right for Captain McVay and his crew. That's why on Tuesday, September 14, 1999, Hunter took McVay's case to court once more. Hunter possessed all the information needed to clear McVay of charges. Most of the few remaining survivors came as witnesses and even the captain of the Japanese submarine that sunk the Indianapolis, Mochisura Hashimoto, was there to help clear McVay's name. Hunter presented information as the judge and others asked. That is why, on October 12, 2000, McVay was cleared of all court-martial. Hunter had completed his mission.
Right now, Hunter Scott is a helicopter pilot in San Diego, California. He graduated from University of North Carolina (located in Chapel Hill) in May 2007. Hunter Scott had an incredible sense of right and wrong for his young age that carried on throughout his years. Many books have been written about him because Hunter is a true hero.
I feel very happy that Hunter cleared McVay's name because McVay was innocent in my opinion. I can connect to Hunter and feel his hopes and dreams because, as you are reading, you just feel that Hunter is the last hope and that you too want to help him on his quest to clear McVay's charges. Hunter is a caring, selfless person who will do anything to correct an error made even if he does not know that person. I think that we should all look up to Hunter as a role model. Hunter found a hope, a dream even, and worked as hard as he possibly could to achieve that goal. I think that Hunter is a mature, caring, altruistic, boy who has a long, joyous life ahead of him. Hunter, we all thank you for your outstanding courage and devotion to helping people.
In the second paragraph, the information came from http://www.unc.edu/~hascott/hunter/hunter..html and I do not own that information.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Hunter Scott
When Hunter Scott, age 9, watched Jaws, he intently gazed in awe at the scene where a captain is explaining his spine-tingling experience on the Indianapolis. Hunter asked his dad if it was a real sinking and his dad replied that it was and that he should consider that as a topic for the school science fair. The theme for the fair was "Tragedy and Triumph" so Hunter adopted that idea saying that it was a perfect topic. Hunter could find very little information about the topic so he put an advertisement in the local paper looking for survivors and their stories. One survivor replied and gave his heartbreaking story to the child along with a list of all the survivors with their addresses and phone numbers. Hunter put together three spiral notebooks full of information from over 80 of the survivors with pictures of the ship and letters written and received by the crew members. Hunter found that it was quite unfair how McVay was treated and took in a quest of clearing McVay's name. He won the school, as well as the county, science fair, but a slight infraction of the rules disqualified him from going any farther. Hunter was determined to succeed on his quest and would not let his age get in the way.
I thought that Hunter's pure passion to clear McVay's name was priceless and touching. Hunter never met Captain McVay, but still was charged with the same drive that all who knew McVay and wanted to clear his name had. Hunter's sense of right and wrong and maturity was really surprising because of how old he was at the time. The author raises a point of saying that Hunter was very smart and had a leader-type personality and I agree with that theory. Hunter seemed like he had a natural ability to lead and persuade. I feel that what Hunter is doing for McVay is really kind and considerate.
I thought that Hunter's pure passion to clear McVay's name was priceless and touching. Hunter never met Captain McVay, but still was charged with the same drive that all who knew McVay and wanted to clear his name had. Hunter's sense of right and wrong and maturity was really surprising because of how old he was at the time. The author raises a point of saying that Hunter was very smart and had a leader-type personality and I agree with that theory. Hunter seemed like he had a natural ability to lead and persuade. I feel that what Hunter is doing for McVay is really kind and considerate.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
What Has Become of Captain McVay
"Captain Charles Butler McVay III was a good man and a great captain." McVay's crew stated. McVay had been receiving terrible letters from people who lost loved ones to the sinking of the Indianapolis. At Christmas time, people would send him horrid letters saying that he had ruined their Christmases forever because of the loss of husbands and sons to the fateful sinking. When McVay attended a survivors get-together, he expected his crew to hate him, too. His crew actually welcomed him in with joy and told him that it was not and would never be his fault. McVay replied saying that he deserved what came to him. When his beloved wife Louise died of lung cancer, McVay was heartbroken. He spread her ashes along the Gulf of Mexico. He remarried a girl named Lillian Smith and they moved onto a farm in the countryside.
On November 6, 1968, McVay spent the morning helping out on the farm. Later in the afternoon, their housekeeper, Florence Regosia, noticed that McVay had not touched his lunch. She went up to his room and found an empty gun holster on his night table. She looked to see if his car was in the garage when Boom! She heard the shot of a gun. Regosia ran to the back porch to see McVay, with a gun in his right hand, crumpled on the porch. His .38-caliber revolver was in his right hand and his keyring was in his left. On his keyring was a small toy sailor that he'd gotten as a child which was a good-luck charm to him. McVay died a couple hours later while in the hospital. His ashes were spread along the Gulf of Mexico, right where his true love Louise's ashes were.
I feel that Captain McVay did not deserve the fate that he got. He was going through a tough time already with losing his crew, ship, title as a captain, and losing his precious Louise. With all of the hate mail that was a lot to take in at all around the same time. I feel that if McVay was not blamed in the first place, then none of this would have happened. (Except for Louise. The Navy could not have stopped that.) I was appalled that all of those people would send hate mail, especially during the holidays. If I were in those people's shoes, I would have sent support mail to Captain McVay instead on hate mail. I truly think that Captain McVay did not deserve the treatment that was portrayed towards him. McVay was treated kind of like how Margot was treated in Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day. Margot was treated unkindly just like how McVay was treated unkindly. All said, McVay was a good man.
On November 6, 1968, McVay spent the morning helping out on the farm. Later in the afternoon, their housekeeper, Florence Regosia, noticed that McVay had not touched his lunch. She went up to his room and found an empty gun holster on his night table. She looked to see if his car was in the garage when Boom! She heard the shot of a gun. Regosia ran to the back porch to see McVay, with a gun in his right hand, crumpled on the porch. His .38-caliber revolver was in his right hand and his keyring was in his left. On his keyring was a small toy sailor that he'd gotten as a child which was a good-luck charm to him. McVay died a couple hours later while in the hospital. His ashes were spread along the Gulf of Mexico, right where his true love Louise's ashes were.
I feel that Captain McVay did not deserve the fate that he got. He was going through a tough time already with losing his crew, ship, title as a captain, and losing his precious Louise. With all of the hate mail that was a lot to take in at all around the same time. I feel that if McVay was not blamed in the first place, then none of this would have happened. (Except for Louise. The Navy could not have stopped that.) I was appalled that all of those people would send hate mail, especially during the holidays. If I were in those people's shoes, I would have sent support mail to Captain McVay instead on hate mail. I truly think that Captain McVay did not deserve the treatment that was portrayed towards him. McVay was treated kind of like how Margot was treated in Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day. Margot was treated unkindly just like how McVay was treated unkindly. All said, McVay was a good man.
Indianapolis Information
This is a through research document on the USS Indianapolis that is packed full with useful information. I feel that it is important to know about the ships that sunk and all of the crew's bravery. I hope you feel the same way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)
I do not own the above website.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)
I do not own the above website.
Online Summary
Here is summary of "Left for Dead" by Peter Nelson. I do not own the following material.
http://missdaisyanne.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-review-left-for-dead-young-mans.html
If you feel that you need a summary of the book before you read it, this is a good synopsis.
http://missdaisyanne.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-review-left-for-dead-young-mans.html
If you feel that you need a summary of the book before you read it, this is a good synopsis.
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