This week is about sharks: In the final days of WWII, the crew of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) faced a harrowing choice: Burn on their sinking ship or brave the shark-infested waters of the Pacific.

The USS Indianapolis CA 35 was a Portland-class heavy cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was struck by Japanese torpedoes while en route from Guam to the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in July 1945.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- On July 30, 1945, shortly after midnight, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine somewhere in the Philippine Sea. Roughly 300 of the sailors aboard went down with ...