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Websites
A History of the Cruiser Perth: www.perthone.com/perth.htm
Ahoy – Mac’s Weblog: http://ahoy.tk-jk.net
Australian War Memorial: www.awm.gov.au
Children of Far East Prisoners of War: www.cofepow.org.uk
HMAS Perth National Association: www.hmasperth.asn.au
Naval history, ships and weapons: http://navalhistory.flixco.info
Naval weapons and naval technology: http://www.navweaps.com
Oral History: World War Two Rescue of Prison Ship Survivors, Landon L. Davis, US Navy Historical Center: www.history.navy.mil/library/online/oral_history_davis.htm.
Papers of Captain Harold S. Hamlin, 1945–60: www.history.navy.mil/ar/hotel/hamlin.htm.
Royal Australian Navy: www.navy.gov.au
US Historic Naval Ships Association: http://www.hnsa.org/index.htm
US Navy Department Library: http://www.history.navy.mil/library/index.htm
USS Houston Survivors Association: www.usshouston.org
USS Pampanito: www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm
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