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Spotlight: Hunter Scott

Things went terribly wrong for Captain Charles McVay on July 30, 1945. His ship, the U.S.S. Indianapolis, was attacked by a Japanese submarine. By the time rescuers arrived, 880 men had died. McVay was found guilty of failing to steer his ship out of the line of fire. Thirty years ago, the disgraced World War II captain took his own life.

Last week a bill was introduced in Congress to clear McVay's name. It was sparked by a boy's school project. Hunter Scott, 12, of Pensacola, Florida, spent two years studying the Indianapolis. He claims the Navy failed to warn McVay that enemy ships were nearby. Says Scott: "Any injustice needs to be made right."

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