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The Japanese ship Montevideo Maru, 25 December 1937, at Gatun Lake, Panama Canal. Montevideo Maru was the first of the so-called âhell shipsâ to be sunk by the U.S. Navy, on 1 July 1942 Picture: Naval History and Heritage Command
Plans underway to identify those who died aboard World War II hell ships
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On May 14, 1941, Manila s Pier 7 was teeming with military family members saying goodbye to husbands and fathers and waiting to board the ocean liner that would take them away from the war looming in the Pacific.
Three-year-old Nancy White and her pregnant mother, Chrystal, 31, were saying farewell to her father, Maj. Clarence White, 39, an Army doctor. The chaos on the pier would be the little girl s first childhood memory, and the last time she saw her father.
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Hundreds died on World War II hell ships . Now there s an effort to identify the dead.
Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post
Jan. 29, 2021
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1of6The Montevideo Maru is shown in the Panama Canal on Dec. 25, 1937. It was later used by the Japanese military to transport prisoners. It became the first of the hell ships to be sunk by the U.S. Navy, on July 1, 1942, during a torpedo attack from the submarine Sturgeon (SS-187).Naval History and Heritage Command.Show MoreShow Less
2of6Army doctor Clarence White, center back row, was killed aboard a Japanese transport, known as a hellship after he was taken prisoner during World War II. He is shown with other captured medical personnel at a Japanese prison camp near Cabanatuan, in the Philippines before his death Jan. 11, 1945. The Japanese man is the camp doctor.Family Photo.Show MoreShow Less
Army criminal investigators probe discovery of skeletal remains on Fort Bliss property in New Mexico
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Fort Bliss’ McGregor Range Complex area.
FORT BLISS, Texas The Army s Criminal Investigation Division is looking into the discovery of human remains, believed to more than a year old, on Fort Bliss property over the weekend.
Officials in a statement on Monday said the human skeletal partial remains were found on the Fort Bliss’ McGregor Range Complex during the early morning hours of Sunday. The skeletal remains were found in the training area off New Mexico Highway 506, about three miles from the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, the statement indicated.