Saturday, December 20, 2008

Dead Page: USS Indianapolis Survivor-- Concentration Camp Commander-- Urban Historian

From July 27th Chicago Tribune Obituary Recap for preceding week.

HERBERT JAY "JACK" MINER, II, 82

Survivor of the USS Indianapolis sinking and ordeal and executive of Great Lakes Paper Co, died July 12th.


DINKO SAAKIC, 87

Last-known living commander of a World War II concentration camp who had been serving a twenty-year sentence for war crimes, July 21, in Zagreb, Serbia.


RICHARD WADE, 87

Urban historian at University of Chicago who helped put cities on the map for academic study. Also advised Democratic candidates including Adlai Stevenson, Robert F. Kennedy, and George McGovern, July 18th.

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