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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Sylvester Vivian Bender

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Island Heights, Ocean County, New Jersey

Honored By

Mary Florence Bender Boldon & Joseph Sylvester Bender

Relationship

Daughter & Son

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Activity During WWII

Enlisted August 9, 1943. Served in the US COAST GUARD aboard the buoy tender USS COWSLIP (WLB-277). The USS COWSLIP patrolled the East Coast from Eastport to Block Island until the end of the war. After the war, the ship was then transferred to the Philippines where its role was to transport Japanese prisoners back to their homeland. Discharged in California on January 11, 1946.