DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 56151
Captain Mervyn Sharp Bennion, USN
Who was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for devotion
to duty and courage during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December
1941, while serving as Commanding Officer of USS West Virginia
(BB-48).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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