In 1968, at age 70 -- and in full uniform -- McVay shot himself.

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In 1946 the captain of the Indianapolis, Charles Butler McVay III, was court-martialed for allegedly not zigzagging in an area infested with Japanese submarines.

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Indeed, McVay was allowed to hold a desk job so that he could retire with 30 years of active service and attain the promotion to rear admiral upon retirement in 1949.

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