Mervyn S. Bennion
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title:
Mervyn S. Bennion
text:
Mervyn Sharp Bennion was a United States Navy captain who served during World War I and was killed while he was in command of battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life."
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US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1887–1941)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_S._Bennion
date created:
2005-11-17T08:37:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:37:48Z
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