Sunken wreck of WWII ‘hell ship’ used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years

LOS ANGELES (CNN) — A Japanese ship was in a convoy steaming through the South China Sea on Sept. 21, 1944, with about 1,200 British and Dutch prisoners of war crammed in its holds. U.S. warplanes, mistaking the unmarked ship for a military cargo vessel, dropped four torpedoes. One struck the ship. The vessel split […]
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