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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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6 December 2000