Key:
CHC: Cruiser Houston Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, Tex.
HRR: Personal papers of Harold R. Rooks.
NARA II: National Archives and Records Administration II, College Park, Md.
UNT: Interviews conducted by Dr. Ronald E. Marcello for the Oral History Collection at the University of North Texas (previously North Texas State University), Denton, Tex.
OFFICIAL REPORTS
Commander, Destroyer Division 58, “Report of Action with Japanese on February 27, 1942. Events before and After” (by Cdr. Thomas H. Binford), Serial CF-05, March 4, 1942. NARA II, Record Group 38.
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 29, “Notes on Night Actions” (by H. V. Wiley), March 4, 1942. NARA II, Record Group 38.
Commander, Task Group 30.6 (Commander Task Flotilla 6), “Action Report Covering Evacuation of Prisoners of War During Period 29 August 1945 to 19 September 1945” (written by Commodore Rodger W. Simpson), Serial 0024, September 22, 1945. NARA II.
Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Army, Military Court, Trial of Japanese War Criminals, including Lt. Col. Yoshitada Nagatomo and others, Singapore, August 5–September 16, 1946. National Archives of Australia, http://naa.gov.au.
———. Trial of Japanese War Criminals, Major Totare Mizutani, Singapore, Case No. 235/911, May–June 1946. University of California–Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center, http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~warcrime/Japan/singapore/Trials/Mizutani.htm.
———. Trial of Japanese War Criminals, Maj. Gen. Akira Sasa, Singapore, Case No. 235/1109, January 1948. University of California–Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center, http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~warcrime/Japan/singapore/Trials/Sasa.htm.
“Convention Between the United States of America and Other Powers, Relating to Prisoners of War,” ratified by the United States in January 1932. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School, www.yale.edu/lawweb/Avalon/lawofwar/geneva02.htm (last viewed by the author on February 27, 2006).
Glassford, Rear Adm. William A. “U.S. Naval Forces in Southwest Pacific, operations of,” March 12, 1942. NARA II.
———. “Enclosure Accompanying Secret Letter,” Vols. 1 and 2, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, May 16, 1942. NARA II, Record Group 38, Box 1725.
Hamlin, Lt. (jg) Harold S., Jr. “USS Houston in Battle of Java Sea” (personal narrative), recorded September 14, 1945. NARA II.
———. “Statement of Lt. Cdr. Harold S. Hamlin,” undated ca. October 1945. NARA II.
———. “Report of Service as Prisoner of War, March 1, 1942, to August 29, 1945,” August 30, 1946. NARA II.
Hart, Adm. Thomas C. “Events and Circumstances Concerning the ‘Striking Force,’” February 6, 1942 (with supplement dated February 17, 1942). NARA II.
———. “Narrative of Events, Asiatic Fleet, Leading up to War and from 8 December 1941 to 15 February 1942,” June 11, 1942. NARA II.
———. “Supplementary of Narrative,” undated, sent by Hart to Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on October 8, 1946. NARA II.
HIJMS Atago, “Tabular Record of Movement,” by Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp, www.combinedfleet.com/atago_t.htm.
HIJMS Haguro, “Tabular Record of Movement,” by Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp, Revision 1, www.combinedfleet.com/haguro_t.htm.
HIJMS Nachi, “Tabular Record of Movement,” by Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp, Revision 3, www.combinedfleet.com/nachi_t.htm.
HMAS Perth, “Action Narrative—Day and Night Action off Sourabaya, 27th February, 1942” (by Capt. Hector M. L. Waller), undated. www.fepow-community.org.uk/Research/London_Gazette/java_sea/html/body_enclosure_1.htm (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).
HMS Electra, “Report of Action, February 1942, by Senior Surviving Officer” (by Lt. Cdr. T. J. Cain), undated. www.fepow-community.org.uk/Research/London_Gazette/java_sea/html/enclosure_2.htm (last viewed by the author on February 23, 2006).
HMS Exeter, untitled dispatch on the Battle of the Java Sea (by Capt. Oliver L. Gordon), October 1, 1945. www.fepow-community.org.uk/Research/London_ Gazette/java_sea/html/appendix.htm (last viewed by the author on February 23, 2006).
International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Proceedings of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. May 3, 1946–November 12, 1948.
Maher, Arthur L. “Jap Prison Experiences,” recorded December 5, 1945. NARA II.
National Institute for Defense Studies (Japan), Senshi Sosho (War History Series), “Batavia Battle” (Battle of Sunda Strait), excerpt from vol. 26, Ran’in Bengaru wan homen kaigun shinko sakusen (Naval Invasion Operations in the NEI and the Bay of Bengal), pp. 483–487. Tokyo: Asagumo Shimbunsha, 1969. Excerpt translated to English by Akio Oka, courtesy of Vincent P. O’Hara and Don M. Kehn Jr. (What appears to be an alternative translation of this account, titled “Rough Translation of Official Japanese Account of the Battle of Sunda Straits,” translator unknown, is in the collection of the USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association, Val Roberts-Poss, president, Round Rock, Texas.)
Reynolds, Gary K. “U.S. Prisoners of War and Civilian American Citizens Captured and Interned by Japan in World War II: The Issue of Compensation by Japan,” Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, July 27, 2001.
Rockwell, Rear Adm. F. W. “Supplementary of Narrative” (letters, reports, dispatches, photographs concerning activities in Luzon area, December 1, 1941, to March 1942), July 29, 1948. NARA II.
Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet. “The Battle of the Java Sea” (by Commodore J. A. Collins), March 17, 1942. www.fepow-community.org.uk/Research/London_Gazette/java_sea/html/commodore_commanding_china_ for.htm (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).
Royal Navy, Tactical, Torpedo and Staff Duties Division, Historical Section. Battle of the Java Sea, 27th February 1942 (Battle Summary No. 28), 1945.
Smith, Ens. Charles D. “USS Houston (CA-30) and Experiences in Jap Prison Camp” (personal narrative), recorded September 18, 1945. NARA II.
Stivers, Ens. John B. Untitled statement. NARA II.
U.S. Army Air Forces, Historical Office. The Tenth Air Force, 1943 (Short title: AAFRH-17), U.S. Air Force Historical Study No. 117, July 1946.
U.S. Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History. Political Strategy Prior to Outbreak of War. www.ibiblio.org/pha/monos/150/ (last viewed by the author on February 27, 2006).
U.S. Department of the Navy. “Yangtze River Patrol and Other U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China,” in Annual Reports of the Navy Department, 1920. Naval Historical Center.
———. Communiques No. 36 (February 1, 1942) through No. 57 (March 18, 1942). www.ibiblio.org/pha/comms/1942-02.html (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).
———. “President Awards Congressional Medal of Honor to USS Houston’s Commanding Officer,” June 24, 1942. CHC.
———, Office of Naval Intelligence. Combat Narrative: The Java Sea Campaign, 1943. http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Java/index.html.
———. Bureau of Naval Personnel. “Service Record of Capt. Albert Harold Rooks,” Pers. 2224b-RCA, April 7, 1943. HRR.
———. Office of Naval Records and History, Ships’ Histories Branch. “History of USS Houston (CA-30), compiled October 7, 1948. William A. Bernrieder Papers, CHC.
———. 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 List,” 1942–1944. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.
———. “Roster of Deceased Americans in Capt. Fitzsimmons’ Party, 1943– 1944.” USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.
USS Houston Marine Detachment. Service Records, through August 1945. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216). “Battle off Bawean Island—Report of Action; events prior and subsequent thereto” (with track charts), March 4, 1942. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “General Conclusions and Recommendations Based on War Operations to Date” (by Cdr. Henry E. Eccles), Serial CF-0018, March 4, 1942. NARA II, Record Group 38.
USS John D. Ford (DD-228). “Night Attack on Japanese Ships at Balik Papen, Morning of January 24, 1942—Report of” (by Lt. Cdr. Jacob E. Cooper; with executive officer’s report by N. E. Smith), Serial CF-1, January 25, 1942. NARA II, Record Group 38.
———. “Report of Action of Allied Naval Forces with Japanese Forces off Sourabaya, Java, NEI, February 27, 1942,” March 6, 1942. NARA II.
USS Pope (DD-225). “Night Destroyer Attack off Balikpapan, January 24, 1942,” January 25, 1942. www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/DD/dd225Balikpapan.html (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).
———. “Action Report—USS Pope (DD-225), 1 March 1942,” undated. www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/DD/dd225-Java.html (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).
INTERVIEWS
Interviews denoted “UNT” were conducted by Dr. Ronald E. Marcello for the Oral History Collection at the University of North Texas (previously North Texas State University).
Bartz, John E., interviewed by the author, December 12, 2003.
Brain, Donald, UNT No. 546, March 11, 1981.
Brooks, Howard E., interviewed by the author, September 23, 2003.
Buzzo, Dan C., UNT No. 1245, February 11, 1998.
Charles, H. Robert, interviewed by the author, February 19, 2004, and September 22, 2004; see also UNT No. 1243, March 25, 1998.
Chumley, Horace, UNT No. 199, April 3, 1974.
Detre, George, UNT No. 475, August 17, 1978.
Douglas, Griff L., UNT No. 425, April 18, 1978.
Dunn, E. Benjamin, UNT No. 1329, November 16, 1999.
Evans, Pete, UNT No. 624, February 15, February 19, and March 7, 1984.
Feliz, Jack M., UNT No. 1373, February 28, 2000.
Flynn, David C., interviewed by the author, April 18, 2004.
Forsman, Melfred L., interviewed by the author March 5, 2005; see also UNT No. 521, July 28, 1980.
Fujita, Frank, Jr., UNT No. 59, November 9, 1970.
Fulton, Robert B. II, interviewed by the author, various contacts.
———, interviewed by Joseph Kollmyer, June 22, 2002, tape transcript provided courtesy of Rear Adm. Fulton.
Fung, Edward, UNT No. 404, December 21, 1977.
Gallagher, Frank E., interviewed by the author, 2004.
Gee, James W. UNT No. 110, March 13, 1972, and March 19, 1972.
Goodson, Ray, interviewed by the author, 2004.
Gordon, Crayton R., UNT No. 383, January 31, 1977.
Hard, Ilo B., UNT No. 510, March 26, 1980.
Harris, Jane, interviewed by the author, June 4, 2005.
Harris, Lanson, interviewed by the author, December 11, 2003.
Heinen, J. B., UNT No. 174, October 19, 1973.
Hood, John E., interviewed by the author, February 28, 2003.
Huffman, James W., interviewed by the author, December 10, 2003.
Ingram, William, interviewed by the author, December 10, 2004; see also interview transcript dated March 1, 2002, interviewed by Floyd C. Cox, Center for Pacific War Studies, National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Texas.
King, Frank H., UNT No. 468, December 12, 1978.
Knight, Douglas F., UNT No. 413, March 12, 1978.
Kopp, Al, interviewed by the author, March 30, 2005.
Minshew, Cecil T., UNT No. 597, February 18, 1983.
Offerle, Roy M., UNT No. 457, August 14, 1978.
Papish, Paul E., UNT No. 781, January 30, 1989.
Prunty, Luther, UNT No. 689, October 20 and 27, 1986.
Pryor, Charley L., Jr. UNT Nos. 139 and 723, November 4, 1972, January 22, 1973, and February 20, 1973.
Rayburn, Eldridge, UNT No. 499, January 16, 1980.
Reed, Raymond D., UNT No. 486, March 13, 1979.
Reese, Seldon D., UNT No. 426, June 21, 1978.
Robinson, Marvin, UNT No. 580, May 25, 1982.
Rooks, Harold R., interviewed by the author September 9, 12, and 13, 2004; various other correspondence and conversations.
Schilperoort, Clarence H., interviewed by the author, September 24, 2004.
Schwarz, Otto C., interviewed by the author, September 23–24, 2003; various telephone contacts.
———. UNT No. 497, August 7, 1979.
———. Interviewed by Floyd C. Cox, February 28, 2002, Oral History Program, National Museum of the Pacific War.
Slate, Garth W., UNT No. 528, August 13, 1980.
Sledge, Tom, interviewed by the author, February 18, 2005.
Smallwood, P. J., UNT No. 166, October 11, 1973, and October 25, 1973.
Stanbrough, Jess, UNT No. 658, April 15, 1985.
Stewart, William J., UNT No. 544, June 11, 1981.
Visage, William A., UNT No. 698, July 15–16, 1987.
Webb, Wade H., UNT No. 1181, February 7, 1997.
Weissinger, William J., Jr., interviewed by Samuel Milner, August 12 and 19, 1959, Corpus Christi, Tex. Papers of Samuel Milner, CHC.
Willey, Lloyd, interviewed by the author, December 9, 2003; see also UNT No. 1295, March 3, 1999.
Wisecup, John H., UNT No. 704, July 28, 1987.
Wright, Houston Tom, UNT No. 466, August 15, 1978.
UNPUBLISHED EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
Bancroft, Arthur (HMAS Perth). Diary, March 1942–January 1943. CHC.
Barrett, Edward Miles. Diary, June 25, 1940–September 1, 1945, transcription October 26, 2004, by Michael Barrett. Courtesy of Michael Barrett.
Fujita, Frank Jr. Diary, 1941–1945. Oral History Collection, University of North Texas.
Harris, Lanson H. Speech, Long Beach Yacht Club, Long Beach, Calif., March 11, 1983, tape transcript courtesy of Lanson and Jane Harris.
Lamade, Cdr. John D. USS Houston: December 8, 1941, to February 28, 1942, privately published, undated (circa 1944). HRR and collection of Joe Kollmyer.
Madson, Quentin C. Diary, November 27, 1941–May 14, 1942. CHC.
Norwood, Gus. “Twelve Careers,” unpublished, 2005. Courtesy of Joe Kollmyer.
Parham, Thomas Eugene. Untitled statement, April 29, 1947. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.
Reynolds, Red (James E.). Diary, March 1, 1942–September 15, 1945. CHC.
———. “Presidential Cruise, 1938,” undated (circa 1988). CHC.
Schwarz, Otto C. “One Man’s Story: A Crew Member of the USS Houston (CA-30),” December 28, 1999. CHC.
Stoddard, George D., as told to Loyal Martin Griffin Jr. “The Sinking of the USS Houston and Life in Japanese Prison Camps,” 1946. CHC.
Varley, Arthur. Diary, May 12, 1942–March 26, 1944 (typed transcription). CHC.
Wilkinson, Eugene T. “POW Wilkinson Remembers,” undated. CHC.
Wisecup, John H. “After the Battle—Hintok!” (verse, sketches, and drawings, circa 1943–1944). CHC.
PRIVATE PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Bernrieder, William A. Papers. CHC.
Davis, Nathaniel P. (Chief, Division of Foreign Service Administration, U.S. Department of State). Letter to Lawrence T. McCarthy, June 29, 1940. NARA II, Record Group 59.
Day, Raymond. “Saga of the Houston, March 1942–August 1945,” given May 24, 1946, to BuMed, Hospital Archives, Navy Department, Washington. USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association.
Eccles, Henry E. Papers. Cushing Library, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
Eddy, M. V. Letter to Otto C. Schwarz, June 20, 1988. CHC.
Fisher, W. E. “Medical Experiences with Ps.O.W. in Malaya, Burma and Siam, 15 February 42 to 16 August 45.” CHC.
Fulton, Robert B. II. Papers. CHC.
Hart, Thomas C. Papers. Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
Hekking, H. “Affidavit and General Statement,” December 25, 1978. CHC.
Hodge, Fred G. “Exchange of Information Sheet for Relatives of Personnel on USS Houston Lost in Sundra Straits [sic], February 28, 1942” (KIA/MIA roster and bulletin), first edition, January 15, 1944; second edition, May 10, 1944; fourth edition revised August 15, 1945; fifth edition revised to V-J Day, 1946. CHC.
Kollmyer family. Papers and correspondence. Courtesy of Joe Kollmyer.
Lumpkin, Samuel H. Papers, Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas.
Maher, Arthur L. Papers. Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard.
Milner, Samuel. Papers (including drafts of the unpublished manuscript, “The Undefeated”). CHC.
Mintzer, Jack Weiler. “The Story of Lieutenant (j.g.) Francis Weiler’s U.S. Naval Academy Class Ring,” undated narrative. CHC.
Peterson, R. E. Correspondence (1941). CHC.
Pistole, Frank. Correspondence (1941–42). CHC.
Pryor, Charley L., Jr. Papers. Courtesy of JoAnn Pryor Wychopen.
Rooks, Albert H. Correspondence (1941–1942). Courtesy of Harold R. Rooks.
Rooks, Edith. Correspondence. Courtesy of Harold R. Rooks.
Schilperoort, Clarence. Papers and photographs. Courtesy of Clarence Schilperoort.
Smith, Jack D. Narrative sent to the author, September 2, 2003.
Stewart, William J. Correspondence (1981). CHC.
Weissinger, William J., Jr. Correspondence (circa 1977). Courtesy of Robert J. Cressman.
Willey, Lloyd. “Poems of the USS Houston, Her Crew, and the Men of the ‘Lost Battalion.’” Prepared by Christy Willey-Larivee, January 1984.
Wisecup, John H. Correspondence. Courtesy of James McDaniel.
Wisecup, John H. Papers. CHC.
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ARTICLES AND MONOGRAPHS
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Associated Press. “12 Allied Warships Lost in Java Battle—U.S. Cruiser Houston, Destroyer Pope Among Japanese Victims,” Los Angeles Examiner, March 15, 1942, p. 1.
———. “Sunken Cruiser Houston Beat Off Jap Planes, Saved Convoy,” Boston Herald, June 10, 1942. HRR.
———. “Tokyo Radio Tells of Houston Survivors,” July 2, 1942. CHC.
———. “300 Houston Survivors Found in Jap Prison Camp in Thailand,” dateline Washington, D.C., August 28, 1945. CHC.
———. “Houston Crew Accounted For,” dateline Washington, D.C., August 29, 1945. CHC.
———. “Tragic War Mystery Clears—Lost Without a Trace in ’42 Battle, 300 Houston Survivors Located,” dateline Washington, D.C., August 29, 1945. CHC.
———. “110 More ‘Lost Battalion’ Members Safe in Calcutta,” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, September 8, 1945. Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas.
———. “Houston and Perth Sunk in Java Trap,” New York Times, September 10, 1945, p. 1. HRR.
———. “Survivors Tell of Heroic Last Battle of Houston,” September 12, 1945. HRR.
———. “Lost Battalion Salute Life-Saving Doctor,” Toledo Blade, August 14, 1983. Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas.
———. “Bridge on the River Kwai Now Is Thailand Tourist Attraction,” San Diego Union, August 11, 1985, p. A-32.
———. “Anger, Sorrow Still Run Deep Along River Kwai,” dateline Kanchanaburi, Thailand, February 20, 1994.
Baldwin, Hanson W. “Saga of a Stout Ship—The Houston,” New York Times Magazine, March 3, 1946, p. 5.
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———. “A Traveller’s Guide to the Burma Railway,” unpublished draft manuscript, 2003. CHC.
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Bernrieder, William A. “Port Houston’s Latest Asset: The USS Houston,” undated (circa 1927). CHC.
———. “The United States Cruiser ‘Houston,’ the Pride of Our Navy and the City of Houston” (radio address), KPRC, October 11, 1930. William A. Bernrieder Papers, CHC.
Birkett, Gordon. “P40E/E-1 Operations in Australia, Part 5,” unpublished. Courtesy of Gordon Birkett.
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———. “Notes on the Thai-Burma Railway, Part II: Asian Romusha, The Silenced Voices of History,” Journal of Kyoto Seika University, No. 20, 2001.
———. “Notes on the Thai-Burma Railway, Part IV: An Appalling Mass Crime,” Journal of Kyoto Seika University, No. 22, 2002.
Boston Herald–New York Times Dispatch, “1000 Missing with Houston and Perth Prisoners of Japs,” July 2, 1942. HRR.
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Charles, H. Robert. “Saigon in World War II,” Leatherneck, November 1989, p. 42.
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Fillmore, Clyde. Nine-part newspaper serialization (prepublication), edited by George Works, of Prisoner of War, Wichita Falls Times, February 7–16, 1973. Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas.
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Kehn, Don, Jr. “USS Houston (CA-30)/Naval Intelligence/Submarine Ops/Smith-Hutton,” unpublished. Courtesy of Don Kehn Jr.
———. “American Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) (‘Northampton’ Class),” unpublished, undated. Courtesy of Don Kehn Jr.
———. “History and Mystery (or, Seeing Is Misbelieving): A Reappraisal of the Sinking of USS Edsall (DD-219), 1 March 1942.” Ca. 2002. Unpublished.
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———. “West Texas Pays Tribute to ‘Lost Battalion’ on Day of Java’s Fall to the Japs,” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, undated, ca. March 1943. Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, Tex.
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Mintzer, Jack Weiler. “The Long Journey Home: Fran Weiler’s Ring Returns to Annapolis,” Shipmate, September 2000, p. 10. Courtesy of Joe Kollmyer. www.usna.com/News_Pubs/Publications/Shipmate/2000/2000_09/journy.htm (last visited by the author on February 23, 2006).
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Murray, Linda. “‘It Was Easier to Die,’” Hood County News (Granbury, Texas), August 12, 1979.
———. “Eyewitness Account: The Bridge over the River Kwai,” Hood County News, August 16, 1979, p. 4B.
———. “The Taste of Freedom: Some Will Never Know,” Hood County News, August 19, 1979, p. 1B.
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———. “Prisoners of War: HMAS Perth Survivors,” Monograph No. 132, including personal narrative by Arthur Bancroft, May 1991.
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———. “Houston’s Survivors Tell of Cruiser’s Battle Against 16 Japanese Warships till She Sank,” March 3, 1946. HRR.
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———. “Sound Military Decision, Part II,” Naval War College Staff Presentation, July 25, 1940. Cushing Library, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
———. “Sound Military Decision, Part III,” Naval War College Staff Presentation, July 25, 26, 29, August 1, 3, 6, 1940. Cushing Library, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
———. “Cruiser Warfare, 1914–1918, 1939–1940,” Naval War College Staff Presentation, September 30, 1940. Cushing Library, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
———. “Estimate of the Situation, Far East Area,” November 18, 1941. NARA II.
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Schwarz, Otto C. “God’s Hand Was on My Shoulder,” Faith at Work, March 1962, p. 5. Collection of Otto Schwarz.
———. “Burma-Thailand Death Railroad,” unpublished, June 1982. Collection of Charley L. Pryor Jr.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “Gallant Ship Goes Down With Guns Blazing: Sinking of the Houston,” undated, ca. 1945. HRR.
Seattle Times. “Misdated Cable Gave Wife of Capt. Rooks False Hope,” undated, ca. 1942. HRR.
———. “Medal of Honor Awarded to Captain Rooks,” June 25, 1942. HRR.
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———. “Survivors Remember WWII Sea Battle, Capture by Japanese,” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, February 20, 1992, p. A18.
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