| Entry Text: | BASSETT, S. J. W. Royal Marine: The Autobiography of Colonel Sam Bassett, CBE, RM. 224p., frontis. London: Davies, 1962; New York: Stein & Day, 1965.
Colonel Bassett joined the Marines in 1907 and served with them for over fifty years. Early in WWII he was attached to Naval Intelligence to set up the Inter-Services Topographical Unit, where he served throughout the war. |
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