Our new documentary Rohna Classified will be screened at the GI Film Festival in San Diego on May 9th! Join the filmmakers along with families of the Rohna casualties and survivors at this special film event. https://t.co/jJM2Yv8hK3
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@VincentSco72192 Thanks for sharing the story about your step-grandfather. We made a documentary about the Rohna attack. Check out https://t.co/7rccBU5HSw.
Andrew E Keesee survived the blast of the HMT Rohna and was in the water with an unconscious British soldier and held on to him. Post rescue, it was determined that Andrew had held onto the British soldier so tightly he broke his collarbone but ultimately saved his life.
Ralph V. Sifuentes died aboard the HMT Rohna in 1943. He was the first Mexican-American soldier from Kansas City’s Westside to die in WWII. American Legion Post 437 is named in his honor. His portrait hangs in Sacred Heart Guadalupe Church and displayed at the Kansas City Museum.
Twins, Glenn and Lynn Rives, were one of the few sets of twins to board the HMT Rohna that fateful day in 1943. They would board together, but depart separately, as tragedy struck the Rives family. Lynn Rives would become a casualty of the Rohna, while Glenn would return home.
HMT Rohna survivor Saul Gurman, recently spoke to Beverly High School in Massachusetts about the Rohna attack. For better context of the story, clips from the Rohna Classified documentary were shown prior to the Q & A between the students and Saul Gurman. #hmtrohna#wwii
Thinking of our HMT Rohna veterans this November 11, along with all the other people who have bravely and proudly served this country. We thank you for your service and thank you for the freedom you provide for us. Photos from The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association #VeteransDay
Be sure to check out a fantastic story on our webpage about, Rohna survivor, Donald Keeffe who would later fly with Chuck Yeager. Read it here at: https://t.co/5EBgKziqGo
Private William McGowan, 25, from Glasgow Scotland, was another person aboard the Rohna that fateful day. For more information on his story check out this beautifully composed article from The Herald.
https://t.co/a3WnW00djc
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“Hey buddy wanna buy a watch?”. Decades later two surviors reconnect! For the full story head over to our facebook (TheRohnaMovie) or instagram (rohnacalssified)!
Want to read a hauntingly beautiful poem about the HMT Rohna? For the full story head over to our facebook (TheRohnaMovie) or instagram (rohnacalssified)!