Rabu, 10 Februari 2016

USS Panay and The Yangtze Patrol

Survivors of the Panay cheering their rescuers as they reached Hoshien on the USS Oahu. They are holding one of the Panay's life preservers. c 1937. (National Archives)The USS Panay, part of the U.S. Navy’s Yangtze Patrol, evacuated American citizens from Nanking in 1937 during the Japanese attack. Carrying newspaper reporters and embassy staff, the ship was bombed by Japanese airplanes. Japan apologized for what they claimed was an accident and paid indemnity to the Americans.  

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