Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs
Source: AP
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SYDNEY (AP) — A team of explorers announced 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.
The wreck of the Montevideo Maru was located after a 12-day search at a depth of over 4000 meter (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 not-for-profit 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 honour those who served our country,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “This is the heart and the spirit of Lest We Forget.”
Note to self: put bottle of wine and more candy behind the seat of the truck.
When my kids were young, we'd buy a bunch of bags of Halloween Candy - mainly chocolate, in November for winter just in case we got stuck on a country road.
In the spring we'd have a candy feast. We were all Nebraska chunky.
It'd be a good 'un, too. Because the name says it all: living in a trailer on his family's farmstead. He and dad and his brother Edie farm a section. He drives the school bus during school, and trucks for the farmer's co-op. He will be hunting the first week of Nov.
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Sat 20 May, 2023 04:35 am
@tsarstepan,
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Those spry 95 year olds can be super dangerous.
I reckon after the recent C19 frackas, most punters would understand that the "law" is there for one side of the chapter.
A zoo in Miami has apologized for offering an "encounter" in which zoo guests could physically touch a kiwi, the flightless bird that is a national symbol of New Zealand, after social media videos sparked outrage.
"On behalf of everyone at Zoo Miami, please accept our most profound and sincere apology for the stress initiated by a video on social media depicting the handling and housing of 'Paora,' the kiwi bird that is presently under our care," the zoo said in a statement issued Tuesday.
I saw the storm on twitter. What your quote doesn't mention is that Kiwis are nocturnal so the bird was being manhandled and sleep deprived. A clear violation of OPCAT.
You copy and paste a headline from a paywall site, hinge?
How would you propose that we, as a nation, "grow up"?
And what is your definition of "our" collective cultural cringe?
Looking at the western nations in general, and how the US media has taken over "our" ability to report on events globally, which nation do you think we should be aspiring to emulate?
The US of A? It's a fkn circus.
The Durham report has shown us what a complete sham (including their complicit media) that nation has become.
You made the classic assumption that I agree with the article - I'm just interested in takes - and that one was reasonably well considered. Unlike your rants.
Ever read any of George Megalogenis's books on Australia? I find them really interesting, but again it doesn't mean they're my bible.
