USS Sealion picks up British and Australian survivors
USS Sealion picks up British and Australian survivors of Japanese prison ship Rakuyo Maru. USS Sealion and other U.S. submarines torpedoed the ship three days earlier. When the USS Sealion returned it rescued only 54 of the 1159 prisoners in the Luzon Strait. World War 2, Sept. 15, 1944. (BSLOC_2013_11_124)
Picture No
11000583
Media ID
45266405
Size
3000px x 2000px
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Credit
Everett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Everett Collection
