NATURE | War Wrecks of the Coral Seas | Preview | PBS

As a result of World War II, the waters of the Pacific near the Solomon Islands became a graveyard for warships, planes and submarines. But ironically, as underwater cameras dramatically reveal, these ghostly hulks gradually have become teeming centers of life, serving as reefs upon which fantastic mini-ecologies now thrive.

Thirteen/WNET New York's NATURE series gives viewers a new perspective on wildlife in the South Pacific when its cameras board the WAR WRECKS OF THE CORAL SEAS, airing Sunday, March 18th at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Major corporate support provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc. and Ford. For more information, visit pbs.org/nature.

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[amadeus5889]

Isn't it wonderful how machines of death become havens of life?

[cdfe3388]

Ironbottom Sound is the graveyard for lots and lots of American, Australian, New Zealand, and Japanese sailors, soldiers, airmen, and Marines. Those waters are hallowed ground.

[67nairb]

Isn't this from the NATURE episode about Truk Lagoon from from 1984 that was hosted and narrated by George Page?

[NezbittheGreyKitten]

@Oddmanout84 you are indeed the odd man out on this one buddy

[XplosivCookie]

@enomis9393 KIA or MIA, doesn't really matter. The young and strong having to die because of the old and stupid is always horrible.

My deepest respects to any and all lost soldiers.

[alvinperlas]

@chrysanthos66 Human remands breakdown faster underwater, while bones underground can be Preserved depending on where they died. rather than being Exposed to the Ocean and fish.

[likeaboss13ccc]

vagina is up ur butt

[88pie88]

i hope they dig out these machines!

[dignhope]

@cdfe3388  I was on HMS Hydra in 1971 and we did some surveying in and around Iron Bottom sound.

[enomis9393]

in my opinion

Missed in Action is on of the worst death possible

especially if you get lost in the sea and no one will never find your body

you are just food for the fishes...

[thegabshow1]

is it me or sinked ship or aircraft is kinda scary

[xazoulini1]

yeah imagine fish fights with tanks and planes:))