The Town of Jupiter is hosting a special documentary presentation of “Rohna Classified” on Dec. 1. The film covers the November 25, 1943, German attack on the HMT Rohna, which carried nearly 2,000 American soldiers.
According to the town, the attack killed 1,015 U.S. soldiers, making it the deadliest loss of life at sea by enemy action in U.S. history. The War Department classified the attack soon after it happened and ordered the 966 survivors not to speak or write about it, under threat of court-martial.
Families of those killed were not told what happened. About six months after the attack, they received a telegram confirming the deaths but offering no further information. The incident was not declassified until 1993.
The documentary includes first-hand perspective from the son of a survivor, the town said.
