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Last Address with VF-46 aboard USS Cowpens in the Pacific.
Lt(jg) Bright's remains are actually Lost around Tokyo, Japan.
Casualty Date Feb 17, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Belvedere Cemetery - Belvedere, Illinois
Wall/Plot Coordinates CENOTAPH
Military Service Number 306 427
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Last Known Activity:
LTJG Bright was a pilot with VF-46 stationed aboard the USS Cowpens. Although no details about his loss is available, it is known that he left on a mission near Tokyo, Japan and never returned. He was listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
Leyte Campaign (1944)/Battle of Surigao Strait
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October / 1944
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October / 1944
Description The Battle of Surigao Strait took place here on October 25, 1944, when the "cross the T" incident took place as American battleships fire their guns over Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura's Southern Force; nearly all of which, including the battleships Yamashiro and Fusi and others were sunk. Admiral Nishimura was killed in action when his flagship Yamashiro sank following actions against Jesse B. Oldendorf's battleships, all but one of which had been at Pearl Harbor.
