Australian prisoners of war rescued at sea near the Philippines by crews of USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) submarines during World War II. The survivors had been aboard the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship that was sunk by U.S. forces (including the Sealion and Pampanito). Crew members on deck of the submarine. Other crew members in the sea assisting the survivors who cling to wrecked parts of the ship. Survivors adrift with life belt. Crew members pull them aboard. Exhausted survivors on the deck are covered with fuel oil. Crew members clean off the fuel oil.
Rescue team members on the deck of a U.S. submarine (both USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) participated in the rescue) . Crew members carry Australian survivors found clinging to wrecked parts of the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship, that had been carrying the prisoners, during World War II. The Rakuyo Maru had been torpedoed by U.S. submarines including these same rescue ships, days earlier. Exhausted survivors pulled on deck with the help of rescue line. They are covered with fuel oil. Men help the survivors aboard. Crew members with other survivors on the submarine.
Australian prisoners of war rescued by crews of U.S. Navy submarines USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) days after sinking of the Japanese prison ship Rakuyo Maru at sea in Philippines, during World War II. The rescued survivors rest on beds in the submarine. Crew members talk to them.
Artillery fire is directed from a piper cub in the Pacific Theater. Piper cubs in a field. A house in the background. Men stand nearby the planes. Trees in the background. The plane in flight. Men discuss a map. They fly the plane. A pilot watches through binoculars from the plane. Soldiers talk on the phone and get information with them. They fire according to the information. Smoke arises from firing. The plane lands. Other planes parked on the ground. (World War II period).
A plane drops a rope to a stranded ship in Pacific Theater. A vehicle on the surface near the sea. Men stand nearby with a long rope. The rope is tied to the ship at sea.
Engineers lay fuel pipes in the Pacific Theater. Vehicles parked on the ground. Fuel pipes on the ground. Men load the fuel pipes into the vehicles and the vehicles move. Engineers lay the fuel pipes in various places. Fuel pipes attached to the ship. It is connected to the storage tank. Tanks on the ground. Trees in the background. Men work near the tanks. An airplane takes off.
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