[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       TRIBUTE TO HARRY H. BASORE

  (Mr. WOMACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WOMACK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember the service of 
Arkansas native and Navy Captain Harry Harrison Basore, Jr., of 
Leawood, Kansas, who died August 2, 2011, at the age of 95, and who 
will be buried tomorrow in Arlington National Cemetery.
  A distinguished naval aviator, Captain Basore commanded Fighter 
Squadron 74 off the ``jeep'' carrier USS Kasaan Bay, in support of 
Allied forces during their fight against Germany in southern France in 
August 1944. He was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism 
during low-level reconnaissance missions over enemy concentrations.
  Like most of America's Greatest Generation, Captain Basore returned 
home following the war, became president of a prominent sheet metal 
firm, was an active volunteer of the Leawood Fire Department, and 
chairman of the board of trustees of his alma mater, College of the 
Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.
  Preceded in death by his wife, Shirley, to whom he was married 70 
years, Captain Basore will always be remembered by his family and 
friends for his courage, leadership, and selfless service to his 
country--and his fellow man.

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