Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs
SYDNEY — A team of explorers said it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives.
Australian War Memorial via AP
The Montevideo Maru, a Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942.
The wreck of the Montevideo Maru was located after a 12-day search at a depth of over 13,120 feet — deeper than the Titanic — off Luzon island in the South China Sea, using an autonomous underwater vehicle with in-built sonar.
There will be no efforts to remove artifacts or human remains out of respect for the families of those who died, said a statement Saturday from the Sydney-based Silentworld Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to maritime archaeology and history. It took part in the mission together with Dutch deep-sea survey specialists Fugro and Australia’s Defense Department.
“The extraordinary effort behind this discovery speaks for the enduring truth of Australia’s solemn national promise to always remember and honor those who served our country,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “This is the heart and the spirit of Lest We Forget.”
The Montevideo Maru was transporting prisoners and civilians captured after the fall of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The ship was not marked as carrying POWs, and on July 1, 1942, the American submarine Sturgeon, after stalking the ship through the night, fired four torpedoes that sank the vessel in less than 10 minutes.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds a photo of him taken in 1943 as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S. and believed to be the oldest man in the country, died on Wednesday at the age of 112.
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertWorld War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds a photo of him taken in 1943 as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S. and believed to be the oldest man in the country, died on Wednesday at the age of 112.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds a dog tag honoring him as the oldest living World War II veteran as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019.
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertWorld War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds a dog tag honoring him as the oldest living World War II veteran as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks sports a lipstick kiss on his cheek, planted by a member of the singing group Victory Belles, as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019.
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertWorld War II veteran Lawrence Brooks sports a lipstick kiss on his cheek, planted by a member of the singing group Victory Belles, as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds his hand to his heart during the singing of the National Anthem as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019.
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertWorld War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds his hand to his heart during the singing of the National Anthem as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn
Vanessa Brooks poses for a portrait with her father Lawrence Brooks in his room at their home in New Orleans on Sept. 8, 2021.
AP Photo/Kathleen FlynnVanessa Brooks poses for a portrait with her father Lawrence Brooks in his room at their home in New Orleans on Sept. 8, 2021.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks receives a dog tag honoring him as the oldest living World War II veteran as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Sept. 12, 2019.
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertWorld War II veteran Lawrence Brooks receives a dog tag honoring him as the oldest living World War II veteran as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Sept. 12, 2019.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Edith Francisco, a fellow church member, greets World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019.
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertEdith Francisco, a fellow church member, greets World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds his hand to his heart during the singing of the National Anthem as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019. Brooks was born Sept. 12, 1909, and served in the predominantly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion, which was stationed in New Guinea and then the Philippines during World War II. He was a servant to three white officers in his battalion.
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertWorld War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds his hand to his heart during the singing of the National Anthem as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 12, 2019. Brooks was born Sept. 12, 1909, and served in the predominantly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion, which was stationed in New Guinea and then the Philippines during World War II. He was a servant to three white officers in his battalion.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn
A photo of Lawrence Brooks from his time in the military is seen at his home in New Orleans on Sept. 8, 2021.
AP Photo/Kathleen FlynnA photo of Lawrence Brooks from his time in the military is seen at his home in New Orleans on Sept. 8, 2021.
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
A: An abbreviation for Victory over Japan Day, marked by the United States and its allies in the war and by the Asian victims of Japan who won their liberation from years of atrocities and oppression. Some countries, including Britain, Australia, the Netherlands and the Koreas, mark Japan's surrender on Aug. 15. Others, including the United States, mark the day on Sept. 2, while the Philippines, China and Russia observe Sept. 3. Japan mourns for its war dead on Aug. 15 in a solemn ceremony attended by the emperor, political leaders and veterans' families.
In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, left, watches as the foreign minister Manoru Shigemitsu of Japan signs the surrender document aboard the USS Missouri on Tokyo Bay. Lt. General Richard K. Sutherland, center, witnesses the ceremony marking the end of World War II with other American and British officers in background. (AP Photo/C.P. Gorry, File)
AP FILEA: An abbreviation for Victory over Japan Day, marked by the United States and its allies in the war and by the Asian victims of Japan who won their liberation from years of atrocities and oppression. Some countries, including Britain, Australia, the Netherlands and the Koreas, mark Japan's surrender on Aug. 15. Others, including the United States, mark the day on Sept. 2, while the Philippines, China and Russia observe Sept. 3. Japan mourns for its war dead on Aug. 15 in a solemn ceremony attended by the emperor, political leaders and veterans' families.
In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, left, watches as the foreign minister Manoru Shigemitsu of Japan signs the surrender document aboard the USS Missouri on Tokyo Bay. Lt. General Richard K. Sutherland, center, witnesses the ceremony marking the end of World War II with other American and British officers in background. (AP Photo/C.P. Gorry, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
A: The countries that observe Aug. 15 mark Japan's public announcement of its surrender. Others commemorate Sept. 2, when Japan formally signed its surrender, ending a conflict that lasted, in various degrees, nearly half a century in parts of Asia. Then-U.S. President Harry Truman said that the V-J Day proclamation had to wait until Japan officially signed the surrender terms.
Countries also mark different dates for political and historical reasons. In 2014, China set Sept. 3 as a newly formalized historical day to annually mark the Victory Day of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The country celebrates with a military march. The Philippines also observes Sept. 3, the day in 1945 when Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita surrendered in that country. Russia, which declared war against Japan on Aug. 9, took military action against Japan until early September.
In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur hands the pen to British Lieut. Gen. Arthur E. Percival after signing surrender papers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
AP FILEA: The countries that observe Aug. 15 mark Japan's public announcement of its surrender. Others commemorate Sept. 2, when Japan formally signed its surrender, ending a conflict that lasted, in various degrees, nearly half a century in parts of Asia. Then-U.S. President Harry Truman said that the V-J Day proclamation had to wait until Japan officially signed the surrender terms.
Countries also mark different dates for political and historical reasons. In 2014, China set Sept. 3 as a newly formalized historical day to annually mark the Victory Day of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The country celebrates with a military march. The Philippines also observes Sept. 3, the day in 1945 when Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita surrendered in that country. Russia, which declared war against Japan on Aug. 9, took military action against Japan until early September.
In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur hands the pen to British Lieut. Gen. Arthur E. Percival after signing surrender papers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
A: At noon on Aug. 15, days after the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug. 9, Japanese Emperor Hirohito broadcast a surrender message to his people on the radio. The broadcast came one day after Japan told the United States and its allies that it was surrendering, and Hirohito and Japanese ministers signed the Imperial Rescript of Surrender.
The emperor's radio statement was prerecorded on Aug. 14 in secrecy. Palace officials protected the records from army officials who stormed the palace to steal them. The emperor's voice, which most Japanese were hearing for the time time, was muffled and nearly inaudible because of poor sound quality.
In this Aug. 15, 1945, file photo, Japanese people kneel in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as Emperor Hirohito announced on radio that Japan was defeated in the World War II. (Kyodo New via AP, File)
AP FILEA: At noon on Aug. 15, days after the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug. 9, Japanese Emperor Hirohito broadcast a surrender message to his people on the radio. The broadcast came one day after Japan told the United States and its allies that it was surrendering, and Hirohito and Japanese ministers signed the Imperial Rescript of Surrender.
The emperor's radio statement was prerecorded on Aug. 14 in secrecy. Palace officials protected the records from army officials who stormed the palace to steal them. The emperor's voice, which most Japanese were hearing for the time time, was muffled and nearly inaudible because of poor sound quality.
In this Aug. 15, 1945, file photo, Japanese people kneel in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as Emperor Hirohito announced on radio that Japan was defeated in the World War II. (Kyodo New via AP, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
A: A formal signing of Japan's surrender was held aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where in 1854 Navy Commodore Matthew Perry had signed a treaty with Japan to open up the feudal nation for trade with the United States. Aboard the USS Missouri, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender. The two men were later convicted of war crimes.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, also Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, signed for the United Nations, with Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz signing for the U.S. Delegates from other allied nations, including Britain, France, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, China and the Soviet Union, witnessed the half-hour ceremony.
In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific ocean areas, sat at the table aboard the Battleship Missouri as he signed the World War II surrender of the Japanese. Standing behind him are (left to right), Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Adm. William F. Halsey Jr., and Rear Adm. Forrest Sherman.
AP FILEA: A formal signing of Japan's surrender was held aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where in 1854 Navy Commodore Matthew Perry had signed a treaty with Japan to open up the feudal nation for trade with the United States. Aboard the USS Missouri, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender. The two men were later convicted of war crimes.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, also Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, signed for the United Nations, with Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz signing for the U.S. Delegates from other allied nations, including Britain, France, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, China and the Soviet Union, witnessed the half-hour ceremony.
In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific ocean areas, sat at the table aboard the Battleship Missouri as he signed the World War II surrender of the Japanese. Standing behind him are (left to right), Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Adm. William F. Halsey Jr., and Rear Adm. Forrest Sherman.
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
A: The official signing of Japan's surrender ordered that the country must cease all military actions, liberate prisoners of war and others in captivity and follow other terms. It also launched a seven-year U.S. occupation that lasted until the San Francisco Peace Treaty took effect in April 1952, allowing Japan's return to the international community. Japan has since become a major U.S. ally in defense and other areas.
Since 1954, Japan has spent tens of billions of dollars in development aid, initially meant as war compensation, for the region. But it took more than two decades for Japan to normalize diplomatic ties with some of its wartime Asian foes. It restored ties with South Korea in 1965, and with China in 1972, though disputes over wartime history continue to affect Japan's ties with its neighbors. Japan has yet to sign a peace treaty with Russia because of territorial disputes and has not established diplomatic ties with North Korea.
In this Sept. 5, 1945, file photo, part of 2,600 Japanese POWs, who comprised the enemy garrison on the island of Rota, are lined up in a prisoner of war stockade on Guam, in the Marianas Islands. They were brought from their island holdout 50 miles away. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
AP FILEA: The official signing of Japan's surrender ordered that the country must cease all military actions, liberate prisoners of war and others in captivity and follow other terms. It also launched a seven-year U.S. occupation that lasted until the San Francisco Peace Treaty took effect in April 1952, allowing Japan's return to the international community. Japan has since become a major U.S. ally in defense and other areas.
Since 1954, Japan has spent tens of billions of dollars in development aid, initially meant as war compensation, for the region. But it took more than two decades for Japan to normalize diplomatic ties with some of its wartime Asian foes. It restored ties with South Korea in 1965, and with China in 1972, though disputes over wartime history continue to affect Japan's ties with its neighbors. Japan has yet to sign a peace treaty with Russia because of territorial disputes and has not established diplomatic ties with North Korea.
In this Sept. 5, 1945, file photo, part of 2,600 Japanese POWs, who comprised the enemy garrison on the island of Rota, are lined up in a prisoner of war stockade on Guam, in the Marianas Islands. They were brought from their island holdout 50 miles away. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival, left foreground, commander of Singapore, and Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, second from left, salute Gen. Douglas MacArthur, right, just before the latter signed the Japanese surrender document aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (AP Photo/Max Desfor, File)
AP FILEFILE - In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival, left foreground, commander of Singapore, and Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, second from left, salute Gen. Douglas MacArthur, right, just before the latter signed the Japanese surrender document aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (AP Photo/Max Desfor, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAnonymous
FILE- In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs Japanese Instrument of Surrender, a document signed on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
AnonymousFILE- In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs Japanese Instrument of Surrender, a document signed on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
FILE - In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, fighter planes fly in formation over the USS Missouri, while the surrender ceremonies to end World War II take place aboard the U.S. Navy battleship, on Sept. 2, 1945. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)
AP FILEFILE - In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, fighter planes fly in formation over the USS Missouri, while the surrender ceremonies to end World War II take place aboard the U.S. Navy battleship, on Sept. 2, 1945. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsSTF
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, servicemen, reporters, and photographers perch on the USS Missouri for the onboard ceremony in which Japan surrendered, ending World War II. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (AP Photo, File)
STFFILE - In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, servicemen, reporters, and photographers perch on the USS Missouri for the onboard ceremony in which Japan surrendered, ending World War II. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (AP Photo, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsMax Desfor
FILE - This Sept. 2, 1945, file photo show the scene aboard the battleship Missouri as the Japanese surrender documents were signed in Tokyo Bay. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (AP Photo, File)
Max DesforFILE - This Sept. 2, 1945, file photo show the scene aboard the battleship Missouri as the Japanese surrender documents were signed in Tokyo Bay. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (AP Photo, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsFrank Filan
FILE- In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the Japanese surrender documents, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally ending World War II. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States. Standing behind him are Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, left foreground, who surrendered Bataan to the Japanese, and British Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, next to Wainwright, who surrendered Singapore, as they witness the ceremony with other American and British officers. (AP Photo/Frank Filan, File)
Frank FilanFILE- In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the Japanese surrender documents, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally ending World War II. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States. Standing behind him are Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, left foreground, who surrendered Bataan to the Japanese, and British Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, next to Wainwright, who surrendered Singapore, as they witness the ceremony with other American and British officers. (AP Photo/Frank Filan, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
FILE - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, and General Wainwright, who surrendered to the Japanese after Bataan and Corregidor, witness the formal Japanese surrender signatures aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945. (AP Photo, File)
AP FILEFILE - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, and General Wainwright, who surrendered to the Japanese after Bataan and Corregidor, witness the formal Japanese surrender signatures aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945. (AP Photo, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsSTF
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Japanese surrender signatories arrive on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to participate in surrender ceremonies. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (AP Photo, File)
STFFILE - In this Sept. 2, 1945, file photo, Japanese surrender signatories arrive on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to participate in surrender ceremonies. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when the two sides signed documents officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay, with an armada of American warships and planes hovering nearby. (AP Photo, File)
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWsAP FILE
United States Air Force over Germany, Sept. 2, 1945. (AP Photo)
Those killed included 1,080 people from 14 nations, including 979 Australians.
“Families waited years for news of their missing loved ones, before learning of the tragic outcome of the sinking,” Silentworld director John Mullen said. “Some never fully came to accept that their loved ones were among the victims. Today, by finding the vessel, we hope to bring closure to the many families devastated by this terrible disaster.”
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