Subject: shipmates
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 17:35:23 -0400
From: Marc Cohn <mwcohn@bellatlantic.net>
To: bennington@uss-bennington.org

My name is Sheila Ann Geneen.  My father, Benjamin Wulfow was an
original crew member on the USS Bennington during WW2.  I have a picture
of the crew, his citation from when they crossed the international
dateline, the Bennington book and some Busy Bee's, including the one for
September 2, 1945, which showed the surrender of the Japanese on the
flight deck of the USS Missouri.
    When the ship was in Leyte, Philippines for repairs, my father was
reunited with his brother, Moses Wulfow, who was a marine on the other
side of the island. This reunion was made possible by the chaplain of
the ship. I inherited my father's right to receive a piece of the flight
deck.  How can I go about getting this?  I am so sorry that the ship was
junked.  Are there any pieces of the flight deck left.  Please contact
me by e-mailing be via my daughter at mwcohn@bellatlantic.net.  My
mother, Jeanette Wulfow, might be interested in the renunion.  God bless
you all.

very truly yours,
Sheila Ann Geneen