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The mangled horn belonged to one of 1,100 sailors or Marines assigned USS Houston (CA-30) — a cruiser sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy ships in one of America’s earliest skirmishes in World War II.
The U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command has finalized its report on the wreck of USS Houston (CA-30) — a cruiser sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy in an early World War II battle off the ...
are the only ones expected to attend the reunion of the USS Houston CA-30 Survivors Association. They'll join shipmates' relatives Saturday at the monument in downtown Houston's Sam Houston Park.
Sharron Long rarely misses an opportunity to spend time with the men who served aboard the cruiser USS Houston (CA-30). Japanese forces sank the ship on March 1, 1942. For the last 11 years ...
The submarine USS Houston was decommissioned at a ceremony Friday at the Naval Base Kitsap Bangor. Capt. Michael Lewis, the 13th commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine ...
Senior officials from the United States, Australia and Indonesia paid their respects to the crews of USS Houston (CA 30) and HMAS Perth (D 29) during a wreath laying ceremony March 1 ...
As Houstonians pause this weekend to honor those who have faithfully served our country, I hope they will take a measure of pride in what happened 75 years ago on another Memorial Day in this city.
U.S. Navy divers confirmed Monday that a wrecked vessel in southeast Asia is the World War II heavy cruiser Houston, a ship sunk by the Japanese that serves as the final resting place for about ...
1934 - USS Houston takes Franklin Delano Roosevelt on first visit of U.S. President to South America. 1943 - Naval gunfire help Allied troops land on Sicily. It was first extensive use of LST's ...
to lay a wreath at the site of the USS Houston (CA 30), June 11. The commemoration ceremony occurred mid-way through a 5-day bilateral diving exercise as part of the 2014 convening of ...
Robert Hanley says he's been thinking about the men lost on the USS Houston for the last 82 years. The 102-year-old was just 20 when his ship was sunk by the Japanese Navy. "Only 464 of them got ...
are the only ones expected to attend the reunion of the USS Houston CA-30 Survivors Association. They'll join shipmates' relatives Saturday at the monument in downtown Houston's Sam Houston Park.