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James D. Hornfischer: Ship of Ghosts (Hardcover, Bantam)

"Son, we're going to Hell."The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to …

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Another one of those stories that needs to be told. Pretty rough account of POW slave labor made to construct the Burma-Thailand Death Railway for the Japanese. Because it mostly concerns the survivors of the USS Houston, it's mostly a record of American experiences. Those looking for British, Australian, Canadian, or native accounts won't really find those here.