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North High School Wall of Honor
David S. Bassman
Class of June, 1938

Research done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS

David graduated from the North High class of June, 1938. He was inducted into the US Army on June 7, 1945. At the time of his enlistment, his next of kin was Mr. Jake Bassman, 1411 12th Street, Des Moines, IA. His service number was ________.

David S. Bassman

Year	x	Rank	x	Status

June, 1938	x	x	x	Graduated from North High, Des Moines, IA
x	x	Student	x	?
June 7, 1945	x	US Army	x	Drafted on June 7, 1945.
date	x	Training	x	Basic training at Fort Leavenworth, KS. MOS was Ron Car Crewman; Troop L; 2nd Regiment, *CRTC (Cold Regions Test Center)
date	x	Discharged	x	Where and when?
date	x	Duty Station	x	Where and when?
date	x	Retired	x	Discharge. Where?
date	x	Civilian	x	Des Moines, IA

CRTC, now located in Alaska, was established in the days after World War II when the importance of environmental testing was fresh on everyone’s mind, is the only test site on U.S. soil that realistically combines the elements of a winter battlefield with a test season long and cold enough to guarantee suitable test conditions.

David S. Bassman Private United States Army
WWII Victory Medal	Bassman Photo

References

(1) The World War II Army Enlistment Records contain information on more than nine million indivdual enlistments. These records can be found online at http://www.archives.gov

(3) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines High School website. The names of North High School graduates can be found online at: http://www.ndmhs.com/. David S. Bassman's 1938 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1938(1988.50).html.

07/14/10: Died 01/03/07.

Music: "Wind Beneath My Wings"