The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait
1st Edition
Published on 12. December 2012
264 pages
978-1-61251-301-0 (ISBN)
Description
Recounting the last stand of the heavy cruiser Houston, this tale of survival brings to life the 1942 battle at Sunda Strait.
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W.G. Winslow
The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait
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09/1994
Naval Institute Press
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By W. G. Winslow
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction to Original Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1. Out of the Frying Pan
- 2. Cruiser Pilot
- 3. War Drums
- 4. Retreat to the South
- 5. Ill Winds
- 6. The Enemy at Last - Almost
- 7. Unsung Heroes of Patrol Wing Ten
- 8. Battles of the Flores Sea
- 9. Return of the Ghost
- 10. Battle of the Java Sea
- 11. Battle of Sunda Strait
- 12. Aftermath
- Epilogue
- APPENDIXES
- A. U.S. Asiatic Fleet: 8 December 1941
- B. Crew of the USS Houston (CA-30)
- C. Battle of the Java Sea - Reports of Survivors
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
