USS BENNINGTON

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HISTORY OF
USS BENNINGTON (CV-20)
PRISONERS OF WAR

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The following officers and men of the
USS BENNINGTON CV-20
suffered the hardships and tortures of
Japanese "prisoner-of-war camps"



BROWN, Clifford, Amos, ARM3, USNR, VB-82, Missing in Action 19 March 1945

DAVIS, Ernest Junior, AOM3, USNR, VT-1, Missing in Action 15 July 1945

DORTSCH, Joseph Correll, ARM3, USN, VT-1, Missing in Action 15 July 1945

McCARTHY, John Bernard, ARM2, USNR, VT-1, Missing in Action 13 Aug. 1945

McCann, James Arthur, Ensign, USNR, VF-82, His plane was shot down on February 16, 1945.

MEHELICH, Clifford Stanley, Ensign, USNR, VT-1, Missing in Action 15 July 1945

PASLEY, Lee Marion, Lt.(jg), USNR, VT-1, Missing in Action 13 August 1945

PERABO, Phil, Lieut., USNR, VF-82, Missing in Action 13 May 1945

RUMRILL, George Francis, ACRM, USN, VB-1, Missing in Action 28 July 1945

WORDEN, Donald Doris, Lieut., USNR, VB-82, Missing in Action 19 March 1945



NOTE:
The information above came directly from the very first BENNINGTON Cruise book.
I'd like to thank Captain Howell's son Rodney for providing the data.

Submitted by:
Joseph L. Pires
USS BENNINGTON HISTORIAN

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The following information has been sent in and is added here for referance.
Lonnie Whittaker - Webmaster USS-BENNINGTON.ORG

Lt Carlyle Newton and ARM2C Eddie Curtin Of VB82 were shot down over Kanoya East in Japan on or about 18 March 1945.; They both survived and were repatriated at the end of the war. Mr Newton died in the mid 90s and Eddie Curtin is a member of this organization and their names ought to be on the MIA page. Thanks for updating the list James G Mac Alpine former ARM2C in VB82.

Photos From the World War II Photograph Collection of Lt. Roy M. Huffington, USS Hornet (CV-12)    Click on photo for a larger image.

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