. >> alice souther. >> on june 14th, you said? >> yes, mm-hmm. flag day. >> that is what, five weeks later the ship was sunk. >> right. on 29th of july. >> when and where did you report aboard the indianapolis? >> i reported -- i can't remember the sea port on the pacific coast. >> well in san francisco? >> no, what is the other one? >> san diego. >> no. well, it was near san diego. it's a -- i can't remember the name of it. but it is in san diego. >> coronado, maybe. >> no, one more. >> the island. >> in anyway, it was there that i report aboard ship. and unbeknownst to me, our ship had been chosen to carry the first atomic bomb to the pacific. >> so you knew absolutely nothing about the -- >> no, we saw these two sailors coming up the deck, up the dock, and slung between them on a pole was this thing and i said they're going to -- i said, geez, they must have a lot of damage in the pacific, a lot of people hurt. i said, it looks like a radium flask to me. and i remembered that. and when it came time to the court of inquiry as to who knew what o