The Australian Broadcasting Commission has reported that what remains of the WWII Destroyer Perth is being stripped by bounty hunters and sent to China . This can not be allowed to happen , it is in fact a War Grave and should be protected by Indonesia ( in whose waters she now lies . )
Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec 7 , 1941 . The Heavy Cruiser Huston and Perth were sunk in the darkest of days in 1942 ( 28 Feb ) after taking part in the disastrous Battle of the Java Sea . These sinkings were to become known as the Battle of Sunda Strait . The two ships were greatly outnumbered from the start . Many who survived the battle to die in Jap prison camps . Total losses from both ships were over 1,000 men .
We must ask / tell Indonesia to stop this desecration now . A list of contacts is below .
The story is the subject of the book " Proud Echo " , Angus and Robertson , Sydney and London , 1953 ( No ISBN . ) Hardcover , 157 pages .
Contacts : http://www.indo.com/tplan/embassy.html ( U.S.A. - http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/consular/consulates.htm )
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