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To: Riley

There was another cruiser that the Japs sank early in the war in the Dutch East Indies. It was nicked a ghost ship because the Japs had claimed to have sunk so many times and it kept returning to the fight. The survivors wound up building a railroad in Burma. when they were freed and returned home they were totally forgotten.


17 posted on 08/19/2017 1:25:42 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

There was another cruiser that the Japs sank early in the war in the Dutch East Indies. It was nicked a ghost ship because the Japs had claimed to have sunk so many times and it kept returning to the fight. The survivors wound up building a railroad in Burma. when they were freed and returned home they were totally forgotten.

USS HOUSTON - sunk March 1, in Sunda Strait along with
HMAS PERTH. Ran into Japanese invasion fleet for Java


22 posted on 08/19/2017 1:38:14 PM PDT by njslim
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To: fella
The survivors wound up building a railroad in Burma. when they were freed and returned home they were totally forgotten.


Don't be silly.
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58 posted on 08/19/2017 3:41:07 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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