Dr. Giles McCoy
Title
Dr. Giles McCoy
Creator
Michael Rothfeld
Contributor
Date
November 8, 2008
Description
Still photographs from the recording of Dr. McCoy's keynote address given prior to the screening of Serve and Protect in Flagler College's Lewis Auditorium. Dr. McCoy was a U.S. Marine Corps Corporal during World War II.
CPL Giles McCoy survived the July 30, 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis and spent 4½ days lost in the Pacific on a deflated raft without food and water fighting off sharks and hallucinations. Of the approximate 1200 sailors aboard, only 317 survived both the sinking and the time floating in the ocean.
His story and that of the other survivors is depicted in Doug Stanton's In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors.
Rights
Copyright, Michael Rothfeld- Florida Veterans Programs and Projects, Inc.
Format
4 JPEGs
Type
Photograph
Medium
Born-digital photograph
Relation
Record in this database linking to full video is provided here:
Keynote Speech presented by Dr. Giles McCoy at the premiere of the documentary film "To Serve and Protect: Stories from WWII" on November 8, 2008
Keynote Speech presented by Dr. Giles McCoy at the premiere of the documentary film "To Serve and Protect: Stories from WWII" on November 8, 2008
Original Format
Video
Collection
Citation
Michael Rothfeld, “Dr. Giles McCoy,” World War II Resources in Northeast Florida, accessed May 7, 2024, https://wwiinefl.omeka.net/items/show/85.
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