Official US Navy Photograph

Please bear with us while this site is being moved to a new hosting service. Some links may be temporarily broken, but things should be as good as new very soon. Thank you. (11/28/2011)

This site is dedicated to preserving the history of the USS Marblehead and its most defining moment in history - The Battle of Makassar Strait.  This includes the story of Corydon Wassell, M.D., the wounded men of the USS Marblehead and USS Houston, and their perilous journey across Java to reach the safety of Australia.  Also presented is some information regarding the Cecil B. DeMille movie pertaining to the incident - The Story of Dr. Wassell.

Update Information

On January 9, 2011, the page regarding Oscar Rudie was updated.  He passed away on July 26, 2010.  Added pages for Ping Tseng, Edward Blessman, Harry Clephane, and John C. Harrison.  Other site updates to come.  I've been slowed by the switch from Windows XP to Windows 7.  My web software won't work on Windows 7, so I'm transferring the software and data to another computer.

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