Just beautiful, Doug...the photos, the music, everything...brings a tear to my eye. If I only go on one more Aggressor trip for the rest of my life, it's GOT to be this trip!! Again, thank you for sharing your amazing experience!!
The Shinkoku Maru is a Japanese merchant ship sunk in Truk Lagoon during World War II. Operation Hailstone was a surprise naval operation against the Japanese Fourth Fleet at anchor in the lagoon.
The Sankisan Maru is one of the most heavily damaged ships sunk in Truk Lagoon. An aerial bomb hit an ammunition cache in the stern of the ship and blew it completely apart. The bow and midship are relatively intact. The Sankisan was a supply ship carrying ammunition and medical supplies to the Japanese Fourth Fleet base in Truk.
The Hoki Maru was transporting aviation fuel to the supply base at Truk. An aerial bomb hit the ship and it exploded in a fireball. The fire raged fiercely below deck, killing most of the Japanese crew.
Kim
on May 1, 2012Just beautiful, Doug...the photos, the music, everything...brings a tear to my eye.
If I only go on one more Aggressor trip for the rest of my life, it's GOT to be this trip!!
Again, thank you for sharing your amazing experience!!