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Robert Fulton and the USS Houston (CA-30) and the HMAS Perth ran into a Japanese landing force late on the night of 28...

John Finn lucked out. He was the right rating and got transferred to the heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30),...

David Flynn was born in November 1919 in Collegeville, Minnesota, where his father was the athletic director at St....

Robert Fulton and the USS Houston (CA-30) did not obtain any ammunition from the Dutch. Added antiaircraft ammunition...

David Flynn describes life on the Houston [Annotator's Note: USS Houston (CA-30)] as very busy; he never had a chance...

Clarence Schilperoot took a train ride from his point of enlistment in Seattle to San Diego. He was awed in seeing the...

David Flynn has written an account of the events of 7 December 1941. He recorded receiving the announcement of the...

Clarence Schilperoot and the USS Houston (CA-30) were in the southern Philippines at the start of the war. They ran...

Alois Kopp enlisted in the Navy in September 1937 despite the fact he could not swim. He learned fast. He volunteered...

Clarence Schilperoot was aboard USS Houston (CA-30) on 1 February 1942 as it departed Jakarta, Java. The cruiser was en...

Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...

While a POW at Sarang, Clarence Schilperoot had the opportunity to bathe in a running stream. When he went to midstream...

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