CHUUK: Adventure on the Thorfinn

April 9, 2014 By DIVER Editorial
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Our antipodean friends at Sport Diving magazine have just released this rather good five minute film about Chuuk Lagoon. Filmed nearly 70 years after Operation Hailstone laid waste to the Japanese fleet, it features a local captain’s historical retelling.

CHUUK: Adventure on the Thorfinn from Sportdiving Magazine on Vimeo.

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