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USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay (2006)

USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Philippines, United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

The film follows a group of divers and historians as they locate and explore the wreck of an American destroyer sunk in the Philippines during World War II. It explains the ship's final battle and the personal stories of the sailors who served on it.

informativehistoricalreverentsomberreflectiveeducationalsteady-paced

What happens

USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay is a 2005 Philippine documentary film produced by Bigfoot Entertainment and directed by Daniel Foster. The film documents the fate of an American destroyer that was torpedoed during World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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