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I have been busy writing the benson history and my photos are being scanned
today. I will have them to you soon. Interesting note on the benson... it
was with the reuben james when it was sunk and attacked the sub that did it.
at the other end of the war it was the first allied ship to enter tokyo bay.
my mom found some letters from my dad... seems he was standing 5th sailor
from the bow when it entered tokyo bay and he wrote that he was the fifth
American to occupy japan.
later
Tom
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Attached you'll find benson.zip.
Ship1, benson1, benson1a: Picture of Benson in the Atlantic
Ship2, benson2, benson2a: Picture of Benson in the Pacific coming home from
war in 1946. I think that is San Diego. Notice the different paint job.
Atlantic camoflage didn't work well in the Pacific.
Ship3: Missouri at the time of surrender. Benson class destroyer in
background.
Ship4: Another scan of the same picture but different source. This is the
official Navy picture that they give you at the memorial computer database.
Capt: Edwin E. Lord... last commander of the Benson.
Awards: Taken from the 1946 "log" of the Benson. The action took place off
of Gela Sicily. The Benson was hit by friendly aa fire during an attack by
the Luftwaffe. Some of those injured are from that incident. Several near
misses caused the others.
The other photos are from the log book
I am writing the history of the ship and will send it when finished. It's in
a Word document.
I lost the page addresses you sent me could you please repeat...
Tom
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