PROLONGED QUESTIONING
TOKIO, September 3. The Australian cruiser Perth sank 20 minutes after being hit in the Java Sea, according to Commander Mayer, who survived from the United States cruiser Houston and who attended the surrender cermony after being released from a prison camp in the Tokio area. , He said the Houston fought on alone against five cruisers and nine destroyers. He was brought to Japan for questioning, to which he was subjected for 19 months. Although the Japanese tortured prisoners, only a few men broke down.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 236, 4 September 1945, Page 5
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