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The sea was polluted by spilled bunker oil and littered with debris and floating bodies. Hundreds of Japanese sailors were seen among the flotsam, treading water or clutching wreckage. As usual, nearly all refused offers of rescue, even attempting to drown themselves when American ships approached.
