Pacific recovery
Five Japanese fishermen' ‘iWho had drifted helplessly in ['the South Pacific for two ' months in a disabled Sam-’; ■pan before they were >| rescued yesterday are re-j ported to be in good condi-1 tion. Their 47-foot sampan: ’ Kamokila, which left Hono- ! lulu on October 25 on a fish-j • ing expedition, had been ■ missing since November 12. I A military air-sea search was instituted, but was aban-j > doned eight days later with-; out success, the Japanese; ■ vessel Hokusan Maru No. 8j i found the Kamokila with the[ i five men still aboard yester-! I day, about 1400 miles South-' ■ west of Honolulu—Hono-i : lulu, January 4. i
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33425, 5 January 1974, Page 14
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106Pacific recovery Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33425, 5 January 1974, Page 14
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