Ship of Ghosts (78 page)

Photograph of the USS
Houston
(CA-30) sliding down the ways at her launching (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of President Roosevelt reviewing the fleet at San Francisco (Wide World; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library)

The
Houston
transits the Panama Canal’s Gatun Locks on July 11, 1934, with President Roosevelt and his entourage on board. (OSS records, NARA)

Prisoners gather outside their atap-roofed bamboo quarters at Tamarkan, Thailand. Each hut held about 300 men. (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of wooden railway trestle near Hintok (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Radio dispatch between OSS and Maj. Eben B. Bartlett (National Archives)

Background photograph of the USS
Houston
passing under the Brooklyn Bridge (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of the USS
Houston
sliding down the ways at her launching (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Background aerial photograph of USS
Houston
(Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of President Roosevelt at Charleston, South Carolina (Acme/UPI; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library)

Inset photograph of President Roosevelt reviewing the fleet at San Francisco (Wide World; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library)

Inset photograph of the president’s catch (Photo by R. B. Thompson, USN; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library)

Inset photograph of President Roosevelt and Adm. Claude Bloch (Associated Press/Acme/UPI; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library)

Background photograph of Captain Rooks relieving Capt. Jesse. B. Oldendorf (Guthrie F. Layne, Jr., Collection, Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University)

Inset photograph of Capt. Albert H. Rooks at age 45 (Courtesy of Harold R. Rooks)

Inset photograph of Thomas C. Hart (National Archives)

Inset photograph of Captain Rooks inspecting his crew (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of
Houston
crewmen at play, 1931 (National Archives & Records Administration)

Photograph of
Houston
crewmen in China Station (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Background photograph of the ship’s company (Chief Storekeeper Carl Fox, USN; Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset portrait of Cdr. Arthur L. Maher (Courtesy of Betty Maher)

Inset portrait of Cdr. George S. Rentz (Naval Historical Center)

Inset portrait of Lt. Harold S. Hamlin (U.S. Naval Academy)

Inset portrait of Lt. Robert B. Fulton (Courtesy of Rear Adm. Robert B. Fulton)

Inset portrait of Ens. Charles D. Smith (U.S. Naval Academy)

Inset portrait of Ens John B. Nelson (U.S. Naval Academy)

Inset portrait of Lt. Russel R. Ross (U.S. Naval Academy)

Inset portrait of Lt. j.g. Joseph Dalton (U.S. Naval Academy)

Background photograph of the
Houston
’s marine detachment (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset portrait of Sgt. Charley L. Pryor, Jr. (Courtesy of JoAnn Pryor Wychopen)

Inset portrait of Pfc. Jim Gee (Courtesy of Mrs. Shirley Gee)

Inset portrait of S1/c Melfred L. (Gus) Forsman (Courtesy of Dawn M. Lodge)

Inset portrait of S1/c John Bartz (Courtesy of John Bartz)

Inset portrait of Cox. James (Red) Huffman (Courtesy of James Huffman)

Inset photograph of Pfc. John Wisecup (Courtesy of James McDaniel)

Background photograph of the
Houston
passing through the Panama Canal (National Archives)

Inset photograph of an SOC floatplane (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of AMM 3/c Lanson H. Harris (Courtesy of Jane & Lanson Harris)

Background photograph of Turret One and Turret Two (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of the HMAS
Perth
(Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of
Houston
five-inch gunners (Naval Historical Center)

Background photograph of the shore party heading for Tawi Tawi (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of Otto Schwarz (Collection of Otto Schwarz; Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of the
Houston
’s baseball team (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Japanese war art painting by Tokushiro Kobayakawa (1942) depicting Battle of Sunda Strait (Naval Historical Center)

Inset painting by Oliver Houston (1942) of sinking
Houston
(Naval Historical Center)

Photograph of Rear Adm. William A. Glassford at Memorial Day gathering (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of Thousand Volunteers enlistment ceremony (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset reproduction of President Roosevelt’s Memorial Day message (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of Thousand Volunteers enlistment ceremony (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Artist’s rendering of life in Hintok Camp, Thailand (Sketches by John Wisecup,
After the Battle: Hintok!
By John Wisecup, Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset layout of Bicycle Camp (Sketch by Raymond Day)

Background photograph of the new
Houston
(Naval Historical Center)

Inset photograph of Lt. (jg) Harold R. Rooks (Courtesy of Harold R. Rooks)

Inset photograph of Lt. Col. Blucher S. Tharp (Texas Military Forces Museum)

Inset portrait of Sgt. Luther Prunty (Texas Military Forces Museum)

Inset portrait of Lt. James Lattimore (Texas Military Forces Museum)

Inset portrait of Capt. Winthrop H. Rogers (Texas Military Forces Museum)

Inset photograph of Capt. Samuel L. Lumpkin (Texas Military Forces Museum)

Inset photograph of Tech. Sgt. Jess Stanbrough (Texas Military Forces Museum)

Inset portrait of Brig. Arthur L. Varley (Courtesy of Linda Douglas)

Inset portrait of Sgt. Frank Fujita (Texas Military Forces Museum)

Inset photograph of the new USS
Houston
at Newport News shipyard (National Archives)

Photograph of USS
Pampanito
(National Archives)

Artist’s rendering of the railway base camp at Thanbyuzayat, Burma (Sketch by Raymond Day; USS
Houston
Association)

Painting of atap hut interior (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of 55 Kilo Camp (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of Pfc. Jim Gee (Courtesy of Shirley Gee)

Photograph of unidentified Burma prisoners (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Background photograph of wooden railway trestle (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of cutting near Konyu (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Background photograph of finished railway (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of railway cutting (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of aerial view of wooden and concrete bridges under attack (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of a U.S. B-24 Liberator (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of collapsed concrete bridge at Tamarkan (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of the concrete bridge at Tamarkan (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Radio dispatch between OSS and Maj. Eben B. Bartlett (National Archives)

Inset photograph of Maj. Gen. William Donovan (OSS Records, NARA)

Radio dispatches between OSS and Maj. Eben B. Bartlett, Jr. (National Archives)

Inset photograph of Major Bartlett (OSS Records, NARA)

Background photograph of liberated railway POWs deplaning (Collection of Dorothy and Lloyd Willey)

Inset photograph of Major Bartlett with colleagues (OSS Records, NARA)

Inset photograph of Col. John Coughlin and Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler (OSS Records, NARA)

Inset photograph of Epstein, Hamlin, and Maher (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Background photograph of U.S. Air Transport Command C-47 landing at Rat Buri, Thailand (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of railway survivors (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of medical personnel (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Inset photograph of Lanson Harris (International Red Cross; collection of Jane and Lanson Harris)

Leaflet (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Background photograph of
Houston
survivors in Galveston (Marguerite Campbell,
Houston Post
)

Inset photograph of Albert H. Rooks, Jr. and Edith Rooks (National Archives)

Inset photograph of USS
Houston
survivors in Houston (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of
Houston
marine reunion (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of John H. Wisecup (Courtesy of James McDaniel)

Photograph of Frank Fujita (Don Kehn)

Photograph of James W. (Red) Huffman (James D. Hornfischer)

Photograph of Gus Forsman (Don Kehn)

Photograph of John Bartz (James D. Hornfischer)

Photograph of Edith Rooks (Cruiser Houston Collection, University of Houston Libraries)

Photograph of Jane and Lanson Harris (James D. Hornfischer)

Photograph of Wisecup in Thailand (Courtesy of James McDaniel)

Photograph of Otto Schwarz (Don Kehn)