Last surviving Marine of USS Indianapolis dies at age 96

Edgar Harell, the last surviving marine of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, passed away this weekend at the age of 96.

The last surviving Marine of the USS Indianapolis, the U.S. Navy ship that sank in July 1945, died this weekend. Edgar Harrell was 96 and lived at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Clarksville, Tennessee, the official Facebook page of the ship posted Saturday. Harrell was one of 316 soldiers who survived the attack by Japanese forces, waiting for help in shark-infested waters for four days. "During his time aboard ship, he helped guard components of the atomic bomb. After the torpedoing, he was a hero amongst his shipmates," the post said.