Eight crew members of the USS Flier reached Bugsuk Island after their submarine struck a mine on August 13, 1944, while on surface patrol during World War II. The survivors, who had been on deck and in the conning tower when the explosion occurred, swam 18 hours to reach an atoll near Bugsuk. Over the next three days, they swam to two other islands before landing on Bugsuk and being helped by Filipino guerrillas, led by Nazario B. Mayor. Seventy-eight men died on the Flier, including seven who escaped the sub but didn't survive the swim.[1]
bugsuk, island, barangay, balabac, municipality, palawan, province, philippines, area, square, kilometres, geographycoordinates8, 25556, 30694, 25556, 30694archipelagobalabac, group, islandsadjacent, tobalabac, straitsulu, seaarea119, length17, width9, adminis. Bugsuk is an island barangay in the Balabac municipality of Palawan province in the Philippines Its area is 119 square kilometres 46 sq mi BugsukGeographyCoordinates8 15 20 N 117 18 25 E 8 25556 N 117 30694 E 8 25556 117 30694ArchipelagoBalabac Group of IslandsAdjacent toBalabac StraitSulu SeaArea119 km2 46 sq mi Length17 km 10 6 mi Width9 5 km 5 9 mi AdministrationPhilippinesRegionMimaropaProvincePalawanMunicipalityBalabacHistory edit nbsp 239 foot tower built on Bugsuk Island Eight crew members of the USS Flier reached Bugsuk Island after their submarine struck a mine on August 13 1944 while on surface patrol during World War II The survivors who had been on deck and in the conning tower when the explosion occurred swam 18 hours to reach an atoll near Bugsuk Over the next three days they swam to two other islands before landing on Bugsuk and being helped by Filipino guerrillas led by Nazario B Mayor Seventy eight men died on the Flier including seven who escaped the sub but didn t survive the swim 1 References edit ussflier com Archived December 9 2013 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editBugsuk Island at OpenStreetMap nbsp This article about a location in Mimaropa region is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bugsuk amp oldid 1178196064, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
