Still-Message-1399 t1_ixu4f9c wrote on November 26, 2022 at 10:46 AM Reply to comment by VonnegutGNU in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair I would be risking getting shot with a follow up torpedo by an enemy submarine to save war prisoners, Permalink Parent 4
Still-Message-1399 t1_ixu4f9c wrote
Reply to comment by VonnegutGNU in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair
I would be risking getting shot with a follow up torpedo by an enemy submarine to save war prisoners,