World War II Honoree

Robert C. Bennett

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Martha, Robert Jr., Frank, Stephen, Catherine, Richard

Relationship

Children

SERVICE: MARCH 15, 1941 TO MARCH 26, 1946. STATIONS AND SHIPS: USS MOUNT VERNON, U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND USS CAPRICORNUS (AKA-57) AS A LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, U.S. NAVY. SERVED IN ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC (3 STARS) THEATRES OF OPERATION AT SINGAPORE, THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT LEYTE GULF, LINGAYEN, SAN ANTONIO AND LUZON (PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 2 BRONZE STARS), AND THE INITIAL INVASION OF OKINAWA GUNTO AND RYUKYU RETTO.