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Bass, Stewart Combat Missions
Stewart Bass was excited and nervous to fly his first combat mission. He soon calmed down, followed his training and did his job.
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Bass, Stewart Early Life
Stewart "Stu" Bass was born and raised in Western Montana, about 20 miles outside of Missoula.
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Bass, Stewart Flight Incidents
Stewart Bass never crashed a plane but discusses an incident in Opa-locka, Florida when he was a aboard a TBM [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBM A
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Bass, Stewart Flying from the USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Yorktown (CV-10) and sinking the Yamato
Stewart Bass flew off the Lexington [Annotator's Note: USS Lexington (CV-16)] to the Japanese home islands over Tokyo and Mount Fuji.
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Bass, Stewart Kamikazes and Zeros
Stewart Bass was aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) when the Japanese kamikazes continuously attacked over the course of 51 days.
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Bass, Stewart Life aboard an Essex Class Aircraft Carrier
Stewart Bass served aboard an Essex class aircraft carrier.
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Bass, Stewart Reflections
Stewart Bass' most memorable experience in World War 2 was his participation in the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato and her escorts.
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Bass, Stewart The TBM Avenger
Stewart Bass flew a TBM Avenger [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber] during the Second World War.
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Bass, Stewart Torpedoing the Yamato
Stewart Bass participated in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato on 7 April 1945.
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Bass, Stewart War’s End and Postwar
Stewart Bass and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 9 (VT-9)] attacked Japanese supply ships with bombs and machine gun fire.
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Bassemir, Robert Battle of Lucherberg
Robert Bassemir fought in a big battle at mountain town called Lucherberg [Annotator's Note: Lucherberg, Germany with Company I, 3rd Battalion
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Bassemir, Robert Becoming a Soldier
Robert Bassemir was drafted in the spring of 1943.