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Awa Maru - Titanic of Japan
by
Rei Kimura
On the 1st of April 1945, a Japanese hospital ship that had been given "safe passage" by the Allies, in the dead of night, was mistaken for a military vessel and torpedoed by the American submarine "Queenfish." It sank within minutes taking almost all of the 2007 passengers to their watery graves. This is the gripping story of the Awa Maru, the little k...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
September 20th 2008
by Creative Book Publishers International
(first published September 2008)
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Rei is amazing. Makes me wonder what is going on behind those intense eyes of hers. I cried reading the part when the bodies disappeared into the cold dark sea. Crying for all the tragedies of war.
I can't wait to read more of her stories.
I can't wait to read more of her stories.
Cindy
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