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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 Cover Image Book

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

Hornfischer, James D. (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 0553803905
  • ISBN: 9780553803907
  • Physical Description: print
    530 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2006]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-458) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Subject:
Houston (Cruiser : CA-30)
Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942
World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American

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  • 43 of 43 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Swansboro Branch Library 940.5425 HOR (Text) 36015000956918 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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