HENRY E. BROSSY, LCDR, USN
Henry Brossy '31
Lucky Bag
From the 1931 Lucky Bag:
Loss
Henry was lost when USS Amberjack (SS 219) was sunk by a patrol craft on February 16, 1943 near Rabaul. He was the boat's executive officer.
His wife was listed as next of kin.
The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.
The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.
The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.
July 1931
Ensign, USS Gilmer
October 1931
Ensign, USS Gilmer
January 1932
Ensign, USS Gilmer
April 1932
Ensign, USS Gilmer
October 1932
Ensign, USS Gilmer
January 1933
Ensign, USS Gilmer
April 1933
Ensign, USS Gilmer
July 1933
Ensign, USS Chicago
Others at this command:
Others at or embarked at this command:
LTjg William Pennewill '29 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 10S)
ENS Augustus Alston, Jr. '31 (Cruiser Division 5)
October 1933
Ensign, staff, Scouting Force, USS Indianapolis
Others at or embarked at USS Indianapolis:
April 1934
Ensign, staff, Scouting Force, USS Indianapolis
Others at or embarked at USS Indianapolis:
July 1934
Ensign, under instruction, Submarine Base New London, Connecticut
Others at this command:
October 1934
Lieutenant (j.g.), under instruction, Submarine Base New London, Connecticut
Others at this command:
January 1935
Lieutenant (j.g.), USS S-24
April 1935
Lieutenant (j.g.), USS S-24
October 1935
Lieutenant (j.g.), USS S-24
January 1937
Lieutenant (j.g.), USS S-24
April 1937
Lieutenant (j.g.), USS S-24
September 1937
Lieutenant (j.g.), under instruction, Naval Academy
Others at this command:
LT Robert Bedilion '22
LT William Hobby, Jr. '23
LT Richard Baron '24
LT Richard Gingras '25
LT Harold Pound '25
LT William Graham, Jr. '25
LT Andrew Harris '25
LT Ralph Hickox '27
LTjg John Bermingham '29
Others at or embarked at this command:
January 1938
Lieutenant (j.g.), under instruction, Naval Academy
Others at this command:
LT Robert Bedilion '22
LT William Hobby, Jr. '23
LT Richard Baron '24
LT Richard Gingras '25
LT Harold Pound '25
LT William Graham, Jr. '25
LT Andrew Harris '25
LT Ralph Hickox '27
LT John Bermingham '29
Others at or embarked at this command:
July 1938
Lieutenant (j.g.), under instruction, Naval Academy
Others at this command:
LT William Hobby, Jr. '23
LT Richard Baron '24
LT Harold Pound '25
LT William Graham, Jr. '25
LT Andrew Harris '25
LT Hilan Ebert '26
LT John Bermingham '29
LT Egbert Roth '29
LT Victor Gaulin '30
LTjg Russell Ross '30
LT John Bisson '30
Others at or embarked at this command:
January 1939
Lieutenant, under instruction, Naval Academy
Others at this command:
LCDR Robert Bedilion '22
LCDR William Hobby, Jr. '23
LT Richard Baron '24
LT Harold Pound '25
LT William Graham, Jr. '25
LT Andrew Harris '25
LT Hilan Ebert '26
LT John Bermingham '29
LT Egbert Roth '29
LT Victor Gaulin '30
LT Russell Ross '30
Others at or embarked at this command:
October 1939
Lieutenant, engineering officer, USS Mustin
June 1940
Lieutenant, engineering officer, USS Mustin
November 1940
Lieutenant, engineering officer, USS Mustin
Others at this command:
April 1941
Lieutenant, engineering officer, USS Grayson
Class of 1931
Henry is one of 52 members of the Class of 1931 on Virtual Memorial Hall.