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Word: vinni (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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Other ships fell victim as the cruise continued: the Holmwood, Notou, Ringwood, Triona, Triadic, Triaster, Vinni. Most male prisoners were jammed into the Tokyo Maru under machine-gun guard. Once 132 of them were kept under hatches for three days without fresh water, bedded down with a herd of pigs. Their food was black bread, raw sausage and bacon. Aboard the Manyo Mam the women fared little better. Fifteen of them were crowded into a 12-by-10-foot cubbyhole below the water line, with no water for bathing, scanty food. Once they were allowed to go on deck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: AT SEA: Return of the Sea Devil? | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

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