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On Wed. 05 Nov 1941 Japanese passenger ship Kehi Maru hit a Soviet min.....

1941-11-05

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Japanese passenger ship Kehi Maru hit a Soviet mine and sank 75 miles off Korea in the Sea of Japan; 131 were killed, 379 survived.

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