
Caption | HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-71199 | ||||||||
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Photos in Series | See all photos in this series | ||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 1 Mar 1942 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Java Sea, Dutch East Indies | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Added Date | 8 Apr 2013 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Tripcony says:
8 Aug 2015 07:58:56 AM
My father was already in the water there by this time but spent his last moments at his post sending out morse code as a signalman he jumped off the bridge at the very last when it was time to go, aged 19 spent 36hrs in the water before being picked up by japanese nevy 3.5yrs as a POW 3yrs in Japan
8 Aug 2015 07:58:56 AM
My father was already in the water there by this time but spent his last moments at his post sending out morse code as a signalman he jumped off the bridge at the very last when it was time to go, aged 19 spent 36hrs in the water before being picked up by japanese nevy 3.5yrs as a POW 3yrs in Japan
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