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Bennington aviators went after targets both at Tokyo and at Yokosuka, site of the large Japanese naval base. While their colleagues pounded Japan, pilots in Bennington ' s Combat Air Patrol (CAP) helped to protect TG 58.1 from air raids and shot down three intruders. On the negative side, her air group lost one plane to antiaircraft fire over ...
Emil Fredericksen or Fredreksen (1867–1950) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.He earned the award for rescuing injured shipmates despite hazardous conditions following a 1905 boiler explosion aboard his ship, USS Bennington (PG-4).
The Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777. USS Bennington (PG-4) , was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish–American War. USS Bennington (CV-20) , was an aircraft carrier of World War II and decommissioned in 1970.
On Saturday, the Bennington Battle site will hold a 5K and Kids Fun Run at 8:30 a.m., and present a Moodus Drum and Fife concert at 12 p.m. ... The event is co-sponsored by the Crown Point Road ...
USS Bennington (Gunboat No. 4/PG-43) was a member of the Yorktown class of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the town of Bennington, Vermont , site of the Battle of Bennington in the American Revolutionary War .
Fire Station No. 5, and variations such as Engine House No. 5, may refer to: (ordered by U.S. state then city) Fire Station No. 5 (Mobile, Alabama) Fire Barn 5 (Elgin, Illinois), also known as "Fire Station 5" Engine House No. 5 (Columbus, Ohio) No. 5 Fire Station (Sandusky, Ohio) Fire Station No. 5 (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Boers was born March 10, 1884, in Cincinnati, Ohio and after joining the navy from Kentucky was stationed aboard the USS Bennington (PG-4) as a seaman. On July 21, 1905, the USS Bennington was in San Diego, California when a boiler exploded. For his actions received the Medal January 5, 1906. [1] [2] [3] He died April 2, 1929.
He was stationed aboard the USS Bennington (PG-4) as a quartermaster third class when, on July 21, 1905, one of the USS Bennington's boilers exploded while it was in San Diego, California. For his actions received the Medal of Honor on January 5, 1906. [1] [2] He died September 9, 1965, at Retsil Veterans Home, Port Orchard.