WWII 'Hellship' Hofuku Maru, Sunk with 1,200 Allied POWs, Discovered by Divers
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Tim Newcomb
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The article reports on the discovery of the WWII "hellship" Hofuku Maru, which was sunk in 1944 with over 1,200 Allied prisoners of war aboard. The ship, carrying British and Dutch POWs who had survived the Burma-Thailand "Death Railway," was torpedoed by American aircraft while painted to resemble a warship. The wreck was located decades later by a documentary team who found a document revealing its coordinates. The article details the horrific conditions aboard the ship, the sinking, and the ongoing efforts to honor the memory of those who died.
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Twitter / XWWII 'Hellship' Hofuku Maru, Sunk with 1,200 Allied POWs, Discovered by Diverspopularmechanics.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe men were so tightly crammed that they took turns lying down.
They received three-quarters of a pint of water per day.
It was invisible to the outside world as a vessel carrying human beings.
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