Pentagon dispatches professional divers to search for 250 Americans missing aboard ‘Hell Ship’ in Philippine Sea in 1944 World News
In December 1944, 80 years after the sinking of the hell ship Daitama Maru, DPAA conducted a daring, multi-year recovery expedition in the Philippine Sea. In December 1944, the Japanese Hell Ship was unknowingly bombed by the United States, causing more than 1,600 prisoners of war to sink with the ship. About 250 Americans are … Read more