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Photo #: NH 102775

Bennington National Cemetary
, San Diego, California

Fine-screen reproduction of an aerial photograph taken circa 1948 and published on a postal card by Ben Davis White, San Diego.
The shaft of the Bennington Monument is visible in the upper right. It was dedicated in January 1908 as a memorial to the men lost in the 21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.

Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 8 February 2005