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Ship of ghosts: the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors

By James D , Hornfischer

Book information

Publisher
Bantam
Year
2006
ISBN
9780307490889, 9780553384505, 0307490882
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
3 MB (3480941 bytes)
Pages
(530 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illus
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1939-1945 -- Naval operations1939-1945--Naval operations1942;Military operationsAcoustics & Sound;Cross-Stitch;HISTORY--Europe--WeAmerican;Java SeaAmerican;Übrige Germanische;Veterinärmedizin;HISBattle of theindonesiaNavalNaval--American;Electronic books;Houston (Cruiser

Description

On Asia Station -- A bloodstained sea -- The emperor's guests -- In the jungle of the Kwai -- Rendezvous with freedom -- Men of the USS Houston (CA-30) and the lost battalion killed in action or died in captivity, 1942-1945.;Describes the loss of the cruiser U.S.S. Houston during the early days of World War II in the Pacific and the fate of the warship's surviving crew, who were captured by the Japanese and forced to work as slaves on Japan's brutal Burma-Thailand Death Railway. On Asia Station -- A bloodstained sea -- The emperor's guests -- In the jungle of the Kwai -- Rendezvous with freedom -- Men of the USS Houston (CA-30) and the lost battalion killed in action or died in captivity, 1942-1945.

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