World War II Honoree

David Lewis Bennett

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooks, West Virginia

Honored By

Kelly Bennett

Relationship

Granddaughter

SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, INCLUDING THE PHILIPPINES FOR TWO YEARS. WAS ONE OF THREE BENNETT BROTHERS, WHO SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII. HE AND HIS BROTHER, JIM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH EACH OTHER FOR THREE AND HALF HOURS ABOARD SHIP IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE BROTHERS HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER IN FOUR YEARS.