About Adrift In Enemy Waters: The Mission To Save 9 Downed US Airmen
WWII hero with the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Lt. Royal Stratton, leads a deadly mission to save the lives of nine downed airmen adrift in enemy waters of a war-torn South Pacific. Immersive cinematography and gripping action, mixed with firsthand accounts and historical images, showcase the valor of this squadron who faced overwhelming odds to bring their brothers home. War Stories is your one-stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts.
Adrift In Enemy Waters: The Mission To Save 9 Downed US Airmen is presented by War Stories. Its listed runtime is 88 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
As a society documentary, Adrift In Enemy Waters: The Mission To Save 9 Downed US Airmen uses adrift, enemy, waters as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.
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- Title
- Adrift In Enemy Waters: The Mission To Save 9 Downed US Airmen
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 88 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- War Stories
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