Detail from the key art for 'The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru' Emei Film Group/Laurel Films/Shanghai PMF Pictures One of the most extraordinary stories from World War II, paradoxically, is one of ...
The Lisbon Maru was a Japanese cargo ship that was converted into an armed troop ship during World War II. So when it was torpedoed by the USS Grouper on Oct. 1, 1942, it would have been a ...