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 [1]  [2] | [1]-70k [2]-151 | Mervyn Sharp Bennion was born in Vernon, Utah, on 5 May 1887. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1910 and later specialized in naval ordnance. He was Commanding Officer of the battleship West Virginia (BB-48) at the time of the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor and was mortally wounded on the ship's bridge when a bomb exploded nearby. Captain Mervyn S. Bennion was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. {1} - Photo #: NH 56151, U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. [2] Photo of a circa 1950's ceremony at the Salt Lake City capital building with a plaque in the center honoring CAPT Mervyn S. Bennion. | Bill Gonyo/David Buell | |
| 17k | Undated, location unknown. | Christopher Karwowski | |
| 220k | Undated, image of the Bennion from her World War II cruise book. | David Buell | |
| 96k | 13 January 1945, NARA 80-G 301325. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 13d. | Rob Rielly | |
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