Eighty years ago, on Oct. 24, 1944, Captain Thomas J. Scecina from Linton sailed toward Japan aboard a ship called the Arisan Maru. Crammed into the ship’s cargo hold with the beloved Army ...

Opinion: Arisan Maru sank 80 years ago. Thomas Scecina was among dozens of Hoosiers lost. ... Pacific Fleet, documented the Shark II sinking in a Nov. 27, 1944, memo, which suggested that, ...

The sinking of the Japanese prisoner ship Arisan Maru in 1944 by an American submarine, ... Pacific Fleet, documented the Shark II sinking in a Nov. 27, 1944, memorandum.

Eighty years ago, on Oct. 24, 1944, Lieutenant Guy W. Iverson from Cedar Falls sailed toward Japan on a ship called the Arisan Maru. Crammed into the ship’s cargo hold with him were nearly 1,800 ...

On Oct. 21, 1944, the Arisan Maru departed Manila again, joining a convoy comprised of 13 merchant vessels, three destroyers and a fleet supply ship. Arisan Maru was the slowest in the convoy.

Eighty years ago this week, on October 24, 1944, Capt. Donald A. Amend from Wichita sailed toward Japan aboard a ship called the Arisan Maru. Crammed into the ship’s cargo hold with him were ...

Prisoners of war aboard the Arisan Maru tragically were killed after an American submarine attacked, ... Pacific Fleet, documented the Shark II sinking in a Nov. 27, 1944, memorandum.

As we mark the 80th anniversary of this grim chapter of American history, may we remember those who gave their lives aboard the Arisan Maru and Shark II. Eighty years ago, on Oct. 24, 1944, Capt ...