The Inside Story of the Brave Veterans. It was a role he had prepared his entire life to play, so when Matt Lanter heard that the incredible story of the USS Indianapolis was finally being made into a movie, he knew he had to be a part of it.

Directed by Robert Iscove. With Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas, Steve Landesberg, Don Harvey. True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle. Billionaire tech mogul Paul G. Allen announced Friday that a research vessel belonging to his organization has located wreckage from the USS Indianapolis in the. Directed by Mario Van Peebles. With Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter. During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine. · The USS Indianapolis, at Pearl Harbor in 1937, won 10 battle stars during World War II and delivered components of the atomic bomb that was dropped on.

There’s been scripts floating around for 2. I told my agent, ‘Let’s make sure to keep on this,’ ” Lanter, 3. PEOPLE. His grandfather, Kenley Lanter, was one of just 3. USS Indianapolis, widely considered the worst Naval disaster in U. S. history. “I grew up hearing about this story, it was my grandpa’s legacy” the 9. He was very proud of his service and he was very proud of what the ship did, so it’s very close to my heart.” Kenley Lanter. Courtesy Matt Lanter.

Watch HD Movies Online For Free the latest movies, tv-series without Registration at hdonline.to. More than a dozen men who survived the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history - the World War II sinking of the USS Indianapolis - have gathered in the cruiser's. Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites.

Matt Lanter. Jamie Mc. Carthy/Getty. After auditioning with the producers of USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, Lanter was cast in the film alongside Nicolas Cage and Tom Sizemore. Watch Baby On Board Online Hoyts here. Director Mario Van Peebles even allowed Lanter to wear his grandfather’s real- life dog tags while filming, which he says was “extremely special to me.” Lanter’s grandfather, along with the other 1,2.

USS Indianapolis, were forced to abandon ship on July 3. They had just left the U. S. base on Tinian Island in the Philippine Sea, where they had completed their top secret mission: delivering components for the atomic bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima just a week later. On their return trip home, a Japanese submarine fired two torpedoes into the Indianapolis, sinking the ship in just 1. Of the 1,2. 00 men on the ship, 8.

Lanter says. “They were stuck in the water for five days, and by the time they were rescued there were only 3. Criminal Minds Season 8 Full Episodes Free Download. Some of the crew, like Lanter’s grandfather, were lucky enough to climb into lifeboats equipped with some modest survival tools. But many others, like Ensign Harlan Twible, had only their life jackets to keep them afloat.

The trauma of abandoning the ship wore off after the first 1. Twible, 9. 3, one of the few surviving officers of the Indianapolis tells PEOPLE. The rest of the time was a mix of order and disorder. We said prayers over people that died and came to terms with the unimaginable thing that happened to us. Twible, who was 2. Upon entering the water, he took command of the survivors around him and instructed them to cover their skin with engine oil to protect themselves from the unrelenting sun.

He then turned his attention to the shark- infested waters. Nobody had ever trained us about what to do with sharks,” Twible explains. I observed that they wouldn’t go after us in a big group, so my main objective was to keep everyone’s life jackets tied to a heap of netting from the ship.” In a state of panic, some sailors detached from the group and attempted to swim for land. Those who swam away were promptly “picked off by the sharks,” Twible says. Ensign Harlan Twible. Courtesy Ensign Harlan Twible.

On the fifth day, a patrol bomber happened to spot the floating survivors. Miraculously, the life jackets that were only designed to stay afloat for 3 days lasted just long enough for the rescue. By the time we were rescued the water was up to my mouth. We probably would have drowned in another 5 or 6 hours,” Twible guesses.

Despite the unimaginable ordeal, he’s still struck by how well the men responded to adversity. I never gambled to think of how much chance we had of surviving,” he says. It was our job as officers to make the men think we had a chance of surviving, and that’s exactly what we did. Watch Like Crazy Online Full Movie.

We did a lot of praying and we did a lot of helping each other.” After the war, Twible returned home to “the most fabulous wife a man could ever want.” In their 7. They had four children: Pamela, Susan, Barbara and Randy, and a grandson, Jimmy. Looking back on the trauma of the war, he says he’s happy he was able “to turn a disaster into a blessing.” Ensign Harlan Twible and his bride. Courtesy Ensign Harlan Twible. Twible did not to participate in the film due out next year, but two other survivors, Richard Stephens and Granville S. Crane, Sr., visited set and were instrumental in helping the production.

Lanter’s grandfather died before the movie came to fruition, but the actor says, “I’m sure he’s very proud.” Participating in the film on his grandfather’s behalf “was an amazing experience for me,” he adds. These guys went through such a horrible ordeal and I want them to be served properly.”.