USS BENNINGTON 1944 A WEEK ON BENNINGTON Can you imagine having never being on an aircraft carrier, going aboard in 1944 for a week and documenting the experience? Well, Max B. Cook has done just that in an article for the New York World-Telegram. Here you can read and visualize what he experienced aboard the USS Bennington for one week in 1944. Thanks to William Bernier, Anchorage, AK. Son of William J. Bernier PFC USMC 1944-45 for providing the copy of this paper. New York World-Telegram 1944 Click Image For Larger PDF Image Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 How about a March 1, 1945 News Release written and hand edited by Norman Page, Blue Network War Correspondent. Nhe notes at the bottom of the second page are by William J. Bernier PFC USMC 1944-45 Thanks to William Bernier, Anchorage, AK. Son of William J. Bernier PFC USMC 1944-45 for providing the copy of this paper. Page 1 Page 2 Here is a Job Well Done Signed by the President of the United States, Harry Truman Thanks to William Bernier, Anchorage, AK. Son of William J. Bernier PFC USMC 1944-45 for providing the copy of this paper. Page 1 The PDF reader is available from as a free download.