USS Franklin: Honor Restored

The USS Franklin survived a direct armor-piercing bomb in the last year of World War II, just eighty kilometers off the coast of Japan. This documentary explores the chaos and heroism of the surviving men of "Big Ben", as they recount how their lives were changed forever. The USS Franklin survived a direct armor-piercing bomb in the last year of World War II, just eighty kilometers off the coast of Japan. This documentary explores the chaos and heroism of the surviving men of "Big Ben", as they recount how their lives were changed forever. The USS Franklin survived a direct armor-piercing bomb in the last year of World War II, just eighty kilometers off the coast of Japan. This documentary explores the chaos and heroism of the surviving men of "Big Ben", as they recount how their lives were changed forever. The USS Franklin survived a direct armor-piercing bomb in the last year of World War II, just eighty kilometers off the coast of Japan. This documentary explores the chaos and heroism of the surviving men of "Big Ben", as they recount how their lives were changed forever.