[US Subs Sink 10 Japanese Ships and Rescue Allied POW's]
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[US Subs Sink 10 Japanese Ships and Rescue Allied POW's]
August 11, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on verso RC: [illegible]
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 700047 HOLD FOR RELEASE/UNTIL 6PM (EWT)/ AUGUST 11, 1945/
"ONE OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL STORIES OF THE WAR", SAID FLEET ADMIRAL HEMITZ
Four U.S. Submarines--SEALION, BARB, QUEENFISH and PAMPANITO--assisted by/ the submarine USS GROWLER, now reported lost, sank at least 10 enemy ships/ and rescued 159 British and Australian prisoners of war in a dramatic China/ Sea action which continued for five days. The prisoners of war, already victims/ of three years of harsh Japanese captivity, were survivors of the Jap transport,/ RAKUYO MARU, one of the ten ships sunk. The running action-rescue of the/ submarines in the face of both heavy enemy attacks and a raging typhoon was/ described by the Fleet Admiral Nimits as "one of the most sensational stories of/ the war". Three of the submarines--QUEENFISH, SEALION and BARB--have received/ the Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary accomplishment./
The camera catches a sinking Jap cargo vessel as seen through the periscope/ of the USS SEALION./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 700047 HOLD FOR RELEASE/UNTIL 6PM (EWT)/ AUGUST 11, 1945/
"ONE OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL STORIES OF THE WAR", SAID FLEET ADMIRAL HEMITZ
Four U.S. Submarines--SEALION, BARB, QUEENFISH and PAMPANITO--assisted by/ the submarine USS GROWLER, now reported lost, sank at least 10 enemy ships/ and rescued 159 British and Australian prisoners of war in a dramatic China/ Sea action which continued for five days. The prisoners of war, already victims/ of three years of harsh Japanese captivity, were survivors of the Jap transport,/ RAKUYO MARU, one of the ten ships sunk. The running action-rescue of the/ submarines in the face of both heavy enemy attacks and a raging typhoon was/ described by the Fleet Admiral Nimits as "one of the most sensational stories of/ the war". Three of the submarines--QUEENFISH, SEALION and BARB--have received/ the Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary accomplishment./
The camera catches a sinking Jap cargo vessel as seen through the periscope/ of the USS SEALION./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
