MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aD790.3$b.C86 2010
082 00 $a940.54/5973092$aB$222
100 1 $aCummings, J. Glenn,$d1943-
245 10 $aTrailing a Texas Eagle :$ban Eagle Scout from Texas and his path to legendary and heroic service as a naval aviator in World War II /$cby J. Glenn Cummings.
260 $aVirginia Beach, Va. :$bDonning Co. Publishers,$cc2010.
300 $a336 p. :$bill. (some col.), photographs ;$c29 cm
500 $aThe life and legacy of Lt. commander Harry Brinkley Bass
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 322-329) and indexes.
505 0 $aIntroduction / by Judith Walker Linsley -- Birth of greatness -- The growing years : "Cousins, cousins, here come the girls" -- Brink Bass, tiny Beaumont Boy Scout -- World traveler; age 13; dignitaries; World Scout Jamboree -- Settled in mud at the jamboree -- Brink Bass and New York City headlines -- Maker of men -- The high school years; a good time -- Military beginnings; Annapolis -- Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition -- Eagle wings flexing -- On the ocean again -- The bullets are real -- From zeros to baby flat-tops and U-boats -- Commanding Officer Lieutenant H. Brink Bass -- The beginning of the bitter end -- Legends aren't supposed to die -- Sorrow and second-guessing -- Decorations and legacy of the USS Brinkley Bass -- Heroes return to native soil -- Les Villettes, France : the Valley of the Loire -- Long overdue memorial in Brink's hometown -- Additional Beaumont connections in France -- Epilogue: Following the trail of Brink Bass.
600 10 $aBass, Harry Brinkley,$d1916-1944.
600 10 $aBass, Harry Brinkley,$d1916-1944$xInfluence.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aFighter pilots$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$xOfficers$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.$bFighting Squadron VF-74.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States Naval Academy$vBiography.
650 0 $aEagle Scouts$zTexas$zBeaumont$vBiography.
651 0 $aBeaumont (Tex.)$vBiography.