Trailing a Texas Eagle
Subtitle: an Eagle Scout from Texas and his path to legendary and heroic service as a naval aviator in World War II
By: by J. Glenn Cummings
Publisher: Donning Co. Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781578646418
Subjects: United States Naval Academy; Eagle Scouts; United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron VF-74; Influence; Officers; United States; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; Fighter pilots; United States. Navy; Regimental histories; Biography
Notes: The life and legacy of Lt. commander Harry Brinkley Bass

Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-329) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Judith Walker Linsley; title: Birth of greatness; title: The growing years : "Cousins, cousins, here come the girls"; title: Brink Bass, tiny Beaumont Boy Scout; title: World traveler; age 13; dignitaries; World Scout Jamboree; title: Settled in mud at the jamboree; title: Brink Bass and New York City headlines; title: Maker of men; title: The high school years; a good time; title: Military beginnings; Annapolis; title: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition; title: Eagle wings flexing; title: On the ocean again; title: The bullets are real; title: From zeros to baby flat-tops and U-boats; title: Commanding Officer Lieutenant H. Brink Bass; title: The beginning of the bitter end; title: Legends aren't supposed to die; title: Sorrow and second-guessing; title: Decorations and legacy of the USS Brinkley Bass; title: Heroes return to native soil; title: Les Villettes, France : the Valley of the Loire; title: Long overdue memorial in Brink's hometown; title: Additional Beaumont connections in France; title: Epilogue: Following the trail of Brink Bass.