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The film will be available to view for 7-days from the time it is unlocked. You can watch it as many times as you like.
On Thursday, March 26th at 1pm ET / 5pm GMT there will be a Zoom Q&A discussion with the filmmakers along with British researchers and British Rohna families.
The Zoom discussion is free and open to the public. Join the live Zoom Q&A discussion here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81336577692
The panel will include Filmmaker Jack Ballo, Rohna Classified British researcher Ann Good and British Naval Researcher Hugh MacClean. Also on the panel will be two British Rohna family members, Jonathan Edwards whose father was a Rohna casualty and Tony Lindsell, the son of Major Lindsell who is featured in the documentary. Also joining us in the Q&A discussion is historian, author and Rohna expert Marty Bollinger.
Access the report on the BRITISH PERSPECTIVE of the HMT Rohna attack.
Access the List of UK Personnel on the HMT Rohna
Nearly 2000 American soldiers boarded an overcrowded British transport ship with non-functioning lifeboats and inadequate lifebelts. The ship was sunk by one of the first radio-guided missiles ever used in WWII. The German attack killed 1,015 US soldiers along with 30 British soldiers and seamen, marking the single greatest loss of life at sea by enemy action in the history of U.S. warfare. Recently uncovered classified documents reveal that negligence and oversight significantly contributed to the high death toll. Both the U.S. and U.K. governments deflected responsibility by declaring the disaster classified indefinitely while ordering all survivors to remain silent. Families of the casualties were denied answers, and most went to their graves never knowing what happened; their boys just never came home.
- Year2025
- Runtime56 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- NoteAfter six years of full-time work on the film, it seems like a never-ending process. We came this far and I don’t want to slow down now with distribution. We're doing everything we can to raise the money to get the film out to a national audience and hopefully get the recognition for the Rohna attack that it deserves while honoring the forgotten soldiers. Thank you for all of your support over the years. The truth behind the Rohna disaster would have never come out without you! -Jack Ballo
- Social Media
- DirectorJack Ballo
- ScreenwriterJack Ballo
- ProducerJack Ballo
- Executive ProducerBarbara Ballo
- Co-ProducerMichael Walsh
- CinematographerMichael Walsh, Bob Jean, Jack Ballo
- EditorJack Ballo
- AnimatorMario Merino
- Sound DesignJack Ballo
- MusicWood Newton, APM Music
The film will be available to view for 7-days from the time it is unlocked. You can watch it as many times as you like.
On Thursday, March 26th at 1pm ET / 5pm GMT there will be a Zoom Q&A discussion with the filmmakers along with British researchers and British Rohna families.
The Zoom discussion is free and open to the public. Join the live Zoom Q&A discussion here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81336577692
The panel will include Filmmaker Jack Ballo, Rohna Classified British researcher Ann Good and British Naval Researcher Hugh MacClean. Also on the panel will be two British Rohna family members, Jonathan Edwards whose father was a Rohna casualty and Tony Lindsell, the son of Major Lindsell who is featured in the documentary. Also joining us in the Q&A discussion is historian, author and Rohna expert Marty Bollinger.
Access the report on the BRITISH PERSPECTIVE of the HMT Rohna attack.
Access the List of UK Personnel on the HMT Rohna
Nearly 2000 American soldiers boarded an overcrowded British transport ship with non-functioning lifeboats and inadequate lifebelts. The ship was sunk by one of the first radio-guided missiles ever used in WWII. The German attack killed 1,015 US soldiers along with 30 British soldiers and seamen, marking the single greatest loss of life at sea by enemy action in the history of U.S. warfare. Recently uncovered classified documents reveal that negligence and oversight significantly contributed to the high death toll. Both the U.S. and U.K. governments deflected responsibility by declaring the disaster classified indefinitely while ordering all survivors to remain silent. Families of the casualties were denied answers, and most went to their graves never knowing what happened; their boys just never came home.
- Year2025
- Runtime56 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- NoteAfter six years of full-time work on the film, it seems like a never-ending process. We came this far and I don’t want to slow down now with distribution. We're doing everything we can to raise the money to get the film out to a national audience and hopefully get the recognition for the Rohna attack that it deserves while honoring the forgotten soldiers. Thank you for all of your support over the years. The truth behind the Rohna disaster would have never come out without you! -Jack Ballo
- Social Media
- DirectorJack Ballo
- ScreenwriterJack Ballo
- ProducerJack Ballo
- Executive ProducerBarbara Ballo
- Co-ProducerMichael Walsh
- CinematographerMichael Walsh, Bob Jean, Jack Ballo
- EditorJack Ballo
- AnimatorMario Merino
- Sound DesignJack Ballo
- MusicWood Newton, APM Music
