World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Benjamin M. Chase
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Centerville, Massachusetts
Honored By
USS Block Island Association
HE SERVED WITH THE VC 55 AIR SQUADRON AS AN AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN, ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIP, CVE-21 AND SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE SHIP ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.