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Question 1: ________ W. Graham Claytor Jr. was commander of the destroyer escort Cecil J. Doyle.
United States Secretary of the NavyUniformed services of the United StatesMilitary awards of the United States Department of the NavyUnited States armed forces

Question 2: Over fifty years after the incident, a 12-year-old schoolboy in ________, Hunter Scott, was instrumental in raising awareness of the miscarriage of justice carried out at the captain's court-martial.
Tampa, FloridaPensacola, FloridaTallahassee, FloridaOrlando, Florida

Question 3: In the early 1930s, he served as Commander-in-Chief of the ________.
USS Alden (DD-211)United States Asiatic FleetUSS Whippoorwill (AM-35)USS William B. Preston (DD-344)

Question 4: Charles Butler McVay III was born in ________ on July 30, 1898 to a Navy family.
Columbia, PennsylvaniaEphrata, PennsylvaniaLancaster County, PennsylvaniaElizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Question 5: In October 2000, the ________ passed a resolution that Captain McVay's record should reflect that "he is exonerated for the loss of the USS Indianapolis." President Clinton also signed the resolution.
United States CongressUnited States Senate111th United States Congress110th United States Congress

Question 6: ________ for other Navy ships lost in WWII.
USS Gwin (DD-433)List of United States Navy losses in World War IINaval Battle of GuadalcanalUSS Hoel (DD-533)

Question 7: Actor ________ portrayed McVay in the 1991 made-for-television movie Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, which depicted the ordeal of the men of the Indianapolis during her last voyage.
Alan RickmanGary SiniseStacy KeachRobert Duvall

Question 8: Later that year, Indianapolis received orders to carry parts and nuclear material to be used in the atomic bombs which were soon to be dropped on ________ and Nagasaki to Tinian.
Kure, HiroshimaHiroshimaFukuyama, HiroshimaTokyo

Question 9: Earlier in World War II, he was awarded the ________ for displaying courage under fire.
Silver StarDistinguished Service Cross (United States)Valor devicePurple Heart

Question 10: Following years of efforts by survivors and others to clear his name, Captain McVay was posthumously exonerated by the ________ in 2000.
110th United States Congress111th United States CongressUnited States SenateUnited States Congress
















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