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Epigraph translation by Victor Davis Hanson of Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Part 1: On Asia Station
CHAPTER 1 (pp. 7 to 13)
The account of the Houston’s ordeal on February 4 is built from interviews with survivors; Morison, History of United States Naval Operations, Vol. 3, 298; Prados, Combined Fleet Decoded, 266; Schultz, The Last Battle Station, 79–91; William J. Weissinger to Robert J. Cressman, Sept. 8, 1977; ONI, The Java Sea Campaign, 1943. “He handled that ship…”: H. Robert Charles, UNT interview, 21. Captain Rooks as second coming of Mahan: “Families Here Hold Hope for 22 Local Men,” Seattle Daily Times, undated. “The pilot found himself sitting on a picked chicken…”: Hamlin, “The Houston’s Last Battles,” 26. “Mad as scalded dogs” and dud AA projectiles: Otto Schwarz interview with the author; Winslow, The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait, 90. Damage to USS Marblehead: ONI, Battle of the Java Sea, 29–30. Damage to Houston’s after turret: Charles D. Smith narrative, Sept. 18, 1945, 2; Weissinger to Cressman, Sept. 8, 1977, 6; Weissinger to Otto Schwarz, Jan. 22, 1983; James Huffman interview with the author; Jack D. Smith, e-mail to the author, Sept. 2, 2003. “I’m convinced they were never the same…”: E. Miles Barrett, “My Greatest Adventure,” 2. “War came to us in a real way…”: Charley L. Pryor Jr., UNT interview, Nov. 4, 1972, p. 73. “I’m telling you, it was spooky”: John E. Bartz, interview with the author.
CHAPTER 2 (pp. 14 to 19)
“The spit and polish of the U.S. Navy was ingrained in us”: Donald Brain, UNT interview, 12. FDR’s 1938 cruise: “Presidential Cruise, 1938,” by Red Reynolds.
CHAPTER 3 (pp. 20 to 30)
Construction of the USS Houston (CA-30): Bernrieder, “Port Houston’s Latest Asset: The USS Houston,” 2, 5. “No detail, however small, was overlooked…”: Bernrieder, KPRC radio address, Oct. 11, 1930. Houston’s tenure as Asiatic Fleet flagship: Kemp Tolley, foreword to Winslow, The Fleet the Gods Forgot, xi. “Seagoing fire departments”: Tolley, The Yangtze Patrol, 170. “Like their officers, the men were regulars…”: Thomas C. Hart, “Supplementary of Narrative,” 19. Nimitz on Augusta: Potter, Nimitz, 189–200. “We want the brawn of Montana…”: Cdr. Francis H. Higginson, quoted in Spector, At War at Sea, 128. John H. Wisecup’s journey to the Houston: Wisecup, UNT interview, 6–9. Background of James W. Huffman and Melfred L. Forsman per their interviews with the author. Shipboard culture of “officers’ country”: Spector, At War at Sea, 135–136. “Marines were never slow…”: Tolley, The Yangtze Patrol, 170. Charley L. Pryor Jr. to his parents, July 1940, p. 2. “Everyone hates the Japs…”: “The first sting of winter…”: Tolley, 273. Training of Houston personnel: William J. Weissinger to Robert Cressman, Sept. 8, 1977, 3, 4. Clymer, “a real tough old bird”: Otto Schwarz, interview. “Other ships were struggling…”: Robert B. Fulton, interviewed by Joe Kollmyer. Prewar posture of U.S. Pacific Fleet: Morison, History of United States Naval Operations, Vol. 3, 4–7, 33–43. “Japan was the only important nation…”: Morison, History of United States Naval Operations, 5. Japan’s China policy: Bix, Hirohito, 306–307. Natural history of Indonesia: Taylor, Indonesia, 1. Prewar U.S. Army: War Department, United States Army in World War II, 16. U.S. attitudes toward Japan: Bix, 334; Spector, 9; Morison, History, Vol. 3, 14. “About as hopeful as lighting a candle…”: Tolley, Yangtze Patrol, 278–279. “He said the power of the Japanese was far greater…”: Harold R. Rooks interview