{"id":3101,"date":"2023-10-15T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T21:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2023-11-11T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:49:40","slug":"richard-h-bassett-silver-star-recipient-for-service-during-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/richard-h-bassett-silver-star-recipient-for-service-during-world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard H. Bassett, Silver Star Recipient for Service During World War II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard H. Bassett descends from 13B. Richard William Bassett of Maryland as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Richard William Bassett and wife Ann<br \/>\nRichard Bassett (b. 1800) and wife Elizabeth Langley<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson Bassett (b. 1834) and wife Jane Freeman<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson Bassett Jr. (b. 1874) and wife Ezra Mae Monroe<br \/>\nRichard Harold Bassett (b. 1925)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Newspaper and Date unknown<br \/>\nWith Local Boys Now In The Service<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Richard H. Bassett, 18, seaman 2-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bassett, Glenn, Ga., has completed basic training at the Submarine School, Submarine Base, New London, Conn., for duty with our growing fleet of undersea fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Seaman Bassett will be entitled to wear the twin dolphin insignia of the submarine service after further experience aboard a submarine during which he must demonstrate to his commanding officer that he is fully qualified to carry out the duties of his rate. The insignia is regarded as a mark of distinction throughout the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Bassett attended Abbottsford, Georgia High, competing in basketball and baseball. After joining the Navy last December, he received basic naval instruction at Bainbridge, Maryland, training station.<\/p>\n<p>The Submarine School, the only one of its kind in the Navy, is attended by a picked group of men who must pass special physical, mental, and psychological tests.<\/p>\n<p>The school work takes place not only in classrooms and laboratories, but also in numerous training submarines in which students master the actual techniques of operating the powerful fighting craft.<\/p>\n<p>Many students at Submarine School already have seen battle as members of surface ship crews before volunteering for submarine duty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Richard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Richard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Richard.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Richard-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard H. Bassett descends from 13B. Richard William Bassett of Maryland as follows: Richard William Bassett and wife Ann Richard Bassett (b. 1800) and wife Elizabeth Langley Thomas Jefferson Bassett (b. 1834) and wife Jane Freeman Thomas Jefferson Bassett Jr. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/richard-h-bassett-silver-star-recipient-for-service-during-world-war-ii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3103,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3101\/revisions\/3103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}