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Surviving a Japanese atrocity

2nd July 1944: Beaten, left to drown, then sharks - the nightmare ordeal of the men from SS Jean Nicolet - a US Liberty ship torpedoed in the Indian Ocean

Jul 02, 2024
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There appear to be no original images of the SS Jean Nicolet.

The large Japanese submarine I-8 had been the only submarine to successfully complete the round the world trip to Germany and back in 1943.

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