U.S. Divers Search Sunken Japanese “Hellship” for Missing World War II Prisoners
American military divers and forensic specialists are undertaking an extraordinarily difficult underwater mission in the Philippines to recover the remains of approximately 250 U.S. prisoners of war who died aboard the Oryoku Maru, a Japanese transport ship sunk during World War II. More than eight decades after the tragedy, the operation offers families renewed hope […]
