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General Boards => Museum Submarine Discussion => Topic started by: JTheotonio on September 01, 2008, 05:33:54 PM

Title: Must see video of the Pampanito during WWII
Post by: JTheotonio on September 01, 2008, 05:33:54 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O44-dpyDHeM

Great video - anyone seen this one yet.  Pampanito rescuing 72 British and Australian prisoners of war after US subs sunk Japanese transports

Title: Re: Must see video of the Pampanito during WWII
Post by: JohnG on September 01, 2008, 08:26:21 PM

Thats a cool video. Reminds me why I'm not in the Navy. Can't swim. I couldn't imagine being out in the middle of the ocean, ship destroyed and God knows what underneath me. :o

Title: Re: Must see video of the Pampanito during WWII
Post by: JTheotonio on September 01, 2008, 09:58:22 PM

Usually bottom - but nasties on the way down

Title: Re: Must see video of the Pampanito during WWII
Post by: Paul Farace on September 02, 2008, 12:37:52 AM

I am very glad they finally found this priceless film footage. It was during a PAMPANITO trip to Washington in 1992 to look for these films in the National Archives that I discovered the USS COD color films of her last war patrol!  Sadly, at that time, they did not find any PAMP films, but the PAMP crewman was almost as happy as I was at the completely unexpected windfall of the COD films. Again, glad to see they have finally surfaced.

I was so sickened by the survivors, some just skin and bones covered in oil... and the submariners using torpedo alchohol to remove the crud from the men...

Just hope their tormentors died slow, very painful deaths when the ships went down...   :tickedoff:


Paul