Shinyo Maru

Shinyo Maru

The "Shinyo Maru" was a Japanese ship torpedoed on September 7, 1944 by the USS "Paddle" off the coast of Mindanao. There were 750 American prisoners of war aboard. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds or were in the water. [http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/winter/hell-ships-1.html] 688 died when the ship sank, leaving only 82 survivors. [http://www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow/ShinyoMaruRosterJPW.html]

On 7 September 2000, 14 survivors gathered for the final formal survivors reunion. [http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/090800/met_4009121.html]

Survivors Accounts

* John J. Morrett, "Soldier-Priest" (1993). Also see [http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/090700/met_3997987.html]
* Victor Mapes, "The Butchers, the Baker: The World War II Memoir of a United States Army Air Corps Soldier Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines" (2000)

US POWS Roster on the Shinyo Maru

* [http://www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow/ShinyoMaruRosterJPW.html Roster {reference only}]


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