With Memorial Day coming up this is certainly timely.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-search-for-answers-about-hell-ships-of-world-war-ii/#x

There are also accounts of U.S. submarines sinking these types of ships (the submariners had no way of knowing there were POWs crammed on them) and surfacing once they saw the survivors in the water and saving some of them (the subs had very limited space) and trying to treat the few they could save (those men had pretty severe medical problems after experiencing severe deprivations) with very limited medical resources.

Edited May 29, 2021 by Tabonga