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80-G-281723 USS SEALION (SS-315)

USS SEALION (SS-315)
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Title: USS SEALION (SS-315)
Caption: British and Australian prisoners of war rescued by SEALION on 15 September 1944. The prisoners had been aboard transports enroute from Singapore to Japan when their ships were sunk in an attack by U.S. submarines SEALION, GROWLER(SS-215), and PAMPANITO (SS-383). The position of the sinking's was 18-42 N; 114-30 E.
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Catalog #: 80-G-281723
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Fri, Sep 15, 1944
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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