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1942–1945.” CHC.

Shafter, Richard. “What’s in a Name? The USS Houston,” Our Navy, mid-July 1944, p. 24.

Sharp, John C. (ed.). “Japanese Documentary: Being a Collection of Papers from Japanese Sources Relating to Prisoner of War Camps in the Far East,” translated and transcribed by James Whittaker at POW camps in Chungkai and Phet Buri, Thailand, 1945. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.

Sheeler, Jim. “The Enemy Was ‘All Around Us,’” (Paul Papish), Denver Post, July 31, 2000, p. 1A. CHC.

Simmons, Walter. “How U.S. Cruiser Houston Fought 100 Ships Told,” Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1945, p. 6. CHC.

Sissons, David. “Sources on Australian Investigations into Japanese War Crimes in the Pacific,” Journal of the Australian War Memorial, Issue 30, April 1997. www.awm.gov.au/journal/j30/sissons.htm (last visited by the author on February 27, 2006).

Smith, George. “50th Anniversary of the Cruiser Houston’s Loss Approaches,” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, February 13, 1992, p. A22.

———. “Survivors Remember WWII Sea Battle, Capture by Japanese,” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, February 20, 1992, p. A18.

Smith, Virgil. “Where Is the Crew of the Ghost Cruiser Houston?” The Oregonian, undated, ca. 1944, p. 2. Collection of Lloyd and Dorothy Willey.

Stuart, Donald. “The Quiet Lion” (Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop), The West Australian, January 22, 1977. CHC.

“The Story of HMAS Perth” (comic book), Navy Combat Series, No. 2, May 1955, Melbourne, Aus.: Gordon and Gotch. CHC.

Time. “World Battlefronts: Battle of the Pacific,” January 26, 1942, p. 18.

———. “World Battlefronts: Battle of the Pacific,” February 2, 1942, p. 23.

———. “World Battlefronts: Battle of Java,” March 9, 1942, p. 16.

Timmons, B. N. “18 Texans of 131st Fly to Capital,” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, September 14, 1945, p. 1. Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Tex.

Tully, Anthony P. “Naval Alamo: The Heroic Last Months of the Asiatic Fleet: December 1941–March 1942.” www.asiaticfleet.com/javaseaAug02.html (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).

Tutt, Bob. “Good Ship Houston Went Down Fighting,” Houston Chronicle, March 1, 1992.

———. “Despite the Years, Sailors Can’t Forget USS Houston’s Last Fight,” Houston Chronicle, March 1, 1992, p. 27A.

Ueno, Teruaki. “Japan PM Apologises over World War Two Dutch POWs,” Reuters, May 2, 2005.

United Press. “Japanese Broadcast Hints Survivors from Houston,” Long Island Daily Press, April 24, 1942. CHC.

———. “Houston Men Jap Captives?” dateline Sydney, Australia, July 1, 1942.

Waxman, Jerry. “USS Houston—A Story in Courage and Survival,” Katy Times, February 24, 1999, p. 1.

Weintraub, Stanley. “The Kwai That Never Was,” Military History Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Summer 1998), p. 76.

Weissinger, William J., Jr. “A Final Roster of the Crew of USS Houston (CA-30),” July 1983. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.

Weller, George. “Writer Tells How Moon Betrayed Allies in Java Sea Battle,” Seattle Daily Times, March 19, 1942, p. 1. HRR.

———. “Battle of Java: U.S. Sailors Tell of Action; Their Rescue Was a ‘Miracle,’” Chicago Daily News Foreign Service, dateline March 27, 1942. HRR.

———. “Sailors Braved Fiery Death, Saved Houston, Her Gun Turret Ablaze,” Chicago Daily News Foreign Service, dateline April 13, 1942. HRR.

———. “Luck to the Fighters,” Military Affairs, Vol. VIII (Winter 1944), p. 259.

Whitehouse, Stuart. “Seattle Skipper Died on Houston,” Seattle Star, undated. HRR.

“Wife Retains Hope Houston Captain Lives,” undated, unattributed article. HRR.

Winslow, Cdr. Walter G. “The ‘Galloping Ghost,’” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 75, No. 552, February 1949, p. 155.

———. “Survivor Tells of Last Bloody Minutes of the USS Houston,” Houston Chronicle, February 27, 1972, Section 4, p. 1.

Winston, George J., as told to Al Hirschberg. “We Built the Railway to Hell,” Argosy, September 1959, p. 61. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.

Works, George. “Once POW, Always POW,” Wichita Falls Times, February 11, 1973, p. 1. Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Tex.


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