{"product_id":"the-last-battle-station-the-story-of-the-uss-houston","title":"The Last Battle Station: The Story of the USS Houston","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Last Battle Station: The Story of the USS Houston by Duane Schultz vividly recounts the fate of the heavy cruiser nicknamed the “Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast,” tracing her desperate actions in the opening months of the Pacific War. Schultz reconstructs the hour‑by‑hour drama of the Houston’s final engagement in the Sunda Strait—fighting alongside the Australian cruiser Perth against overwhelming Japanese forces—and follows the men who survived into captivity, blending operational detail with intimate crew portraits to illuminate themes of heroism, resilience, and the human cost of early Allied unpreparedness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by St. Martin’s Press in 1985, this narrative military history reads with the pace and color of a fine novel while rooted in careful research; it is best classified as a campaign\/ship and unit history focused on the Asiatic Fleet, the Dutch East Indies campaign and naval surface combat in the early Pacific War. Available bibliographic details are limited (ISBN not provided) and sources note no explicit listing of maps or photographs, so the extent of visual material is unspecified; the book’s strengths lie in its survivor accounts, technical and tactical context, and its dramatic, character‑driven perspective on a pivotal naval last stand. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW2 Bunker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44298902405222,"sku":null,"price":18.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/4926\/4998\/files\/bfy7vvUtpXFT-DklrBCveV3PwCw8Jv-WiYwD7tbRAHs.jpg?v=1767232112","url":"https:\/\/ww2bunker.com\/products\/the-last-battle-station-the-story-of-the-uss-houston","provider":"WW2 Bunker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}