Ship of Ghosts : the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors / James D. Hornfischer.
2007
VA65.H66 H67 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Ship of Ghosts : the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors / James D. Hornfischer.
Edition
Bantam trade paperback edition.
ISBN
9780553384505 (pbk.)
0553384503 (pbk.)
0553384503 (pbk.)
Published
New York : Bantam Dell Pub Group, [2007]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Description
530 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
VA65.H66 H67 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.54/2598
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-458) and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.