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———. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Division of Naval History, Ship History Branch. “History of Ships Named Houston,” compiled May 25, 1959. William A. Bernrieder Papers, CHC.
U.S. Department of State. “Postwar Status of Thailand,” January 10, 1945. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 59. NARA II, Record Group 38.
U.S. Naval Liaison Office, Calcutta, India. “Loss of USS Houston” (summary submitted to Director of Naval Intelligence by Lt. (jg) Harold S. Hamlin and Lt. (jg) Leon W. Rogers, with personal statements taken at the 142nd General Hospital from Lieutenants Hamlin and Rogers, Cdr. William Epstein, Ens. Charles D. Smith, yeoman third class John Allison Harrell, Ens. John B. Nelson, Ens. Preston R. Clark, and seaman first class Charley L. Thomas (of the USS Stewart, DD-224). Serial 01143, September 11, 1945. NARA II, Record Group 38, Box 1721. See also www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/CA/ca30.html (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).
U.S. Office of Strategic Services, India-Burma Theater. Planning documents for operations in Thailand, 1945. NARA II, Record Group 226, Entry 154, Box 157.
———. Records of Operation Pattern (guerrilla base near Phet Buri, Maj. Eben B. Bartlett Jr., commanding), June–September 1945. NARA II, Record Group 226, Entry 154, Box 153.
———. Records of Operation Mainland (repatriation of Allied POWs), September 1945, NARA II. Record Group 226, Entry 154, Box 151.
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. “Interrogation of Admiral Soemu Toyoda,” USSBS No. 378, Nav. No. 75, November 13–14, 1945.
———. “Interrogation of Rear Adm. Akira Shoji (commander of IJN Mogami), USSBS No. 459, Nav. No. 101, November 17, 1945.
U.S. War Department, Office of the Assistant Secretary of War, Strategic Services Unit, History Division. The Overseas Targets: War Report of the OSS, Vol. 2. New York: Walker & Co., 1976.
USS Alden (DD-211). “Engagement with the Enemy, ‘Battle of the Java Sea.’ February 27, 1942” (by Lt. Cdr. L. E. Coley), March 7, 1942. NARA II.
USS Houston (CA-30). “Operations for December 21, 22 and 23, 1941,” December 23, 1941. Prepared by Capt. Albert H. Rooks Jr. CHC.
———. Ship’s Log, August 1941–January 1942; Ship’s Log for February 1942 reconstructed in captivity by Harold S. Hamlin and given to Bureau of Naval Personnel in September 1945. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Action Report—USS Houston (CA-30) on the Battle of Sunda Strait, 28 February 1942,” November 13, 1945. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Action Report—USS Houston (CA-30) on 25, 26 and 27 February, 1942 against aircraft only,” November 13, 1945 (prepared by Capt. Arthur L. Maher). NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Action Report of the USS Houston (CA-30) in Defense of Convoy off Darwin, Australia, 16 February 1942,” November 14, 1945. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Action Report—USS Houston (CA-30) on 4 February 1942 against enemy aircraft,” November 15, 1945 (prepared by Capt. Arthur L. Maher). NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Action Report of the USS Houston (CA-30) in the Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942,” November 16, 1945 (prepared by Capt. Arthur L. Maher). NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Zentsuji Report” (prepared by nine officers of the Houston in captivity at Zentsuji, Japan), undated. Courtesy of Rear Adm. Robert B. Fulton.
USS Houston (CL-81). “Report of Actions Occurring 12, 13, and 14 October 1944,” Serial 0134, October 20, 1944. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Report of Actions Occurring 16 October 1944,” Serial 0135, October 29, 1944. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Report of Salvage of USS Canberra and USS Houston,” Serial 0032, November 30, 1944. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “USS Houston (CL-81), Battle Damage, Report of,” Serial 003, January 20, 1945. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Roster of the Fitzsimmons Group” (USS Houston/Lost Battalion POWs), undated. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.
———. “Deceased