I always thought the journey of 17 crew from the USS Quail (AM-15) following the fall of Corregidor is worthy of a book or film, but to the best of my knowledge none were ever made. The CO and 17 volunteers took a 36ft motor launch and made a 29 day, 2000+ mile trip from the Philippines to Australia in May-June 1942, dodging unfriendly natives and Japanese patrols the whole way. A writeup is available here:
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