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Rare WWII film shot by the crew of the submarine, USS Pintado, during patrols in the Pacific between March and July 1945. It includes complete footage of the Pintado's historic air/sea rescue of 12 B-29 crew off the coast of Japan. I was given the film by a survivor of that rescue, gunner Richard Vanden Heuvel. When he offered it to me in 2011, I thought I was just getting the rescue clip. Inst...

Navy Submarine rescues of downed B-29 crews and fighter pilots in the Pacific 1944-1945. It features color and B&W footage filmed by Navy crews I discovered while researching my Uncle Bob Maloy (B-29 bombardier, 869th Squadron stationed on Saipan 10/1944 - 8/1945) . Navy submarines rescued over 500 downed airmen in the area between Japan and the Marianas during the aerial bombardment of Japan f...