Title: Sinking of the Rohna, by Don Fortune

Date/Date Range :   1997

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a self-published book, Sinking of the Rohna: America's Worst Troopship Loss in World War II, by Don Fortune. The HMT Rohna was sunk in the Mediterranean on November 26, 1943 after being hit by a secret missile aimed from a German bomber. 1,015 American soldiers died.

Call number: MS-2643

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by Walter Jack Doerty on September 3, 2001.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Sinking of the Rohna, by Don Fortune, MS-2643. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Don Fortune's Army unit was "bumped" from HMT Rohna one day before it was destroyed by a secret German missile. Fortune sailed to India on the HMT Rajula, and served with the 497th Port Battalion. After the war he attended the University of Washington where he received a B.A. in English Literature in 1950. He became a high school English and Journalism teacher. In 1956 he became an editor at The San Francisco Examiner, where he had a 27-year career. Later, he taught within the California State University system. He lives in Sonoma, California.

This collection consists of a self-published book, Sinking of the Rohna: America's Worst Troopship Loss in World War II, by Don Fortune. The HMT Rohna was sunk in the Mediterranean on November 26, 1943 after being hit by a secret missile aimed from a German bomber. 1,015 American soldiers died.

• Fortune, Don.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
• United States. Army.