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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Wesley O. Benson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Gillette, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Mrs. Christine B. Smith

Relationship

Daughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served aboard the USS Dixie AD-14, a destroyer tender after training at Sampson Naval Training Base, Great Lakes, Illinois. He served from February 1943 to December 1946. In October, 1943, he went to San Francisco to go aboard the Dixie. Was in New Hebrides, Philippines, Bikini Islands and Shanghai, China for 2-1/2 years.