Harry Brinkley Bass

Harry Brinkley Brink Bass was a U.S. Navy pilot who was twice awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions in the Pacific theater during World War II. Bass died over Vanosc, in southern France when his plane was shot down by antiaircraft fire. USS160Brinkley Bass160 was named in his honor.

Bass was born in Chicago, Illinois, but the family later moved to Beaumont, Texas. He was raised a Presbyterian. He attended Averill Elementary School and Beaumont High School, graduating on June 2, 1932. He served on the Student Council, Faculty Advisory Council, high school paper, and yearbook. He first attended South Park College, now Lamar University, for one year and then the West PointAnnapolis Coaching School, in Columbia, Missouri for the 19331934 school year. He then entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on June 11, 1934, having secured an appointment through his guardian uncles Arkansas representative since the Texas appointments were taken. Earning several awards while there, he graduated on June 2, 1938. He never married.

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