US Navy Patrol Torpedo Boats Operations at Miri During WW2
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A historical video archive about the US Navy Patrol Torpedo Boats Attack Coastal Oil Installations on Borneo "at Seria & Miri area, Sarawak", attacking oil rigs and storage tanks during a raid on the northwest coast of Borneo during World War II to deny oil supply to the Japanese.
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