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Ultimately, Harrell was among the only 317 of the 1,196 men on board to survive, making the incident the single largest loss of life from a single ship in the U.S. Navy’s history.<ref>[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/08/10/uss-indianapolis-edgar-harrell-tennessee-survivor/923478002/ Tennessee Marine earns his sergeant stripes 73 years after the sinking of USS Indianapolis], ''The Tennessean''</ref>}}
Ultimately, Harrell was among the only 317 of the 1,196 men on board to survive, making the incident the single largest loss of life from a single ship in the U.S. Navy’s history.<ref>[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/08/10/uss-indianapolis-edgar-harrell-tennessee-survivor/923478002/ Tennessee Marine earns his sergeant stripes 73 years after the sinking of USS Indianapolis], ''The Tennessean''</ref>}}
[[File:USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Memorial (1).jpg|center|thumbnail|300px|USS Indianapolis National Memorial]]
CBN News wrote about Edgar Harrell:
CBN News wrote about Edgar Harrell:
{{Cquote|Around 900 of the nearly 1,200-man crew who survived the initial attack found themselves oil-soaked, many with injuries, and clinging to kapok life jackets in the shark-infested waters.
{{Cquote|Around 900 of the nearly 1,200-man crew who survived the initial attack found themselves oil-soaked, many with injuries, and clinging to kapok life jackets in the shark-infested waters.