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Panay survivor Jim Marshall details bombing and fire on Panay and Standard Oil ships
Shanghai dispatch reports Collier's correspondent Jim Marshall, wounded but lucid, recounts Panay firing its guns as Japanese planes bombed the ship and Standard Oil vessels. He describes shrapnel wounds, aiding the Meian, and survivors arriving in Shanghai with others, while U S gunboat Augusta and British ships evacuate.
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Jim Marshall
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Standard Oil
Shanghai
Collier’s Magazine
Marshall
Wuhuo
Yangtze River
Standard Oil Company
United States
Yangtz
Augusta
Hohsien
Yangtze
Wuhu
American Missionary Hospital
Colin MacDonald
London Times
MacDonald
Vines
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