Message received 21 June 1943 at 0245 hours
21 June, 0245
21 Jun 1943 2:45 am
A story that was secret for 50 years
Today's Document from the National Archives- USS <em>Panay</em> — Sunk on December 12, 1937Four years before Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan were involved in an incident that could have led to war between the two nations. On December 12, 1937, the American navy gunboat Panay was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft. A flat-bottomed craft built in Shanghai specifically for river duty, USS Panay served as […]
- USS <em>Panay</em> — Sunk on December 12, 1937
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