Recounting the last stand of the heavy cruiser Houston, this tale of survival brings to life the 1942 battle at Sunda Strait. This description may be from another edition of this product.
i purchased this book because my uncle was on the uss houston and survived 3 1/2 years in a japanese prison camp. part of my uncles experience was on 3 pages of the book which was fantastic and hard to believe all they went through. this book was written by a guy who went through the same things the other 284 survivors did. would recommend to any that are interested in WW11 history.
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A superbly written account of the epic final missions of the USS Houston in East Asia in 1941-1942. The author was a scout plane pilot for the cruiser and was well positioned to be the chronicler and witness of his shipmates' sacrifice. He is personally authoratative on much not found in other books. Fortunately for us, he is a very good writer as well (or had a damned good ghost!). The author makes a convincing case for the Japanese having suffered much more damage at the hands of Houston and Perth than admitted or widely understood. The appendix should at least be reviewed to get a measure of the survivorship rate in Japanese POW camps. This is reference/ primary source material as well as a page-turnin' naval tale...quite an achievement.
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