ENSIGN DAVID STIMSON, ONLY SON OF CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  B. AND FLORENCE STIMSON PARTICPATED IN THE V-12 PROGRAM RECEIVING HIS OFFICER TRAINING. HE BOARDED USS INDIANAPOLIS CA 35 JUNE 15, 1945 HAVING BEEN IN THE NAVY FOR TWO YEARS. ENS STIMSON WAS A GUNNERY OFFICER ABOARD USS INDIANAPOLIS. ENS STIMSON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FINAL SAILING CREW OF USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 BEING ON BOARD AT TINIAN  FOR THE DELIVERY OF COMPONENT PARTS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB "LITTLE BOY" WHICH WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA JAPAN. DAVID'S FATHER, SERVED AS A CHAPLAIN WITH THE US ARMY IN FRANCE AND HAD NOT SEEN HIS SON SINCE OCTOBER, 1944. DAVID'S PARENTS SENT LETTERS TO INDIANAPOLIS SURVIVORS SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR SON.