Waldorf86 t1_ixu0upi wrote on November 26, 2022 at 9:53 AM

Reply to comment by Jupitair in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair

My great grandfather died in one of those ships. The Japs even had a Red Cross on the ship when it was sunk by the English as they didn’t believe it. After the war and lots of things I am not aware of, they did apologize for it. All I know is they he didn’t had a chance as he was chained and was relocated from the Burma railway tracks, which in itself was hellish as well.