USS BENNINGTON

Carrier_Warfare 1945

CARRIER WARFARE IN THE PACIFIC


FROM: CTG 58.2 - - - Rear Admiral Sprague
ACTION: BENNINGTON - - - - 201408

Received upon the BENNINGTON's Detachment from
Task Group FIFTY-TWO POINT TWO and departure
from Tokyo Bay for the West Coast quote:

MY HAT IS OFF TO THE SHIP THAT DID NOT MISS
A DAY OF ACTION SINCE SHE JOINED THE FIGHT x

YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED YOUR FULL SHARE TO THE
FINAL VICTORY AND YOU CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF
YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS X

MAY GOOD LUCK AND SUCCESS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF BIG BEN X

I AM PROUD OF YOU X

GOD SPEED AND HAPPY LANDINGS
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN X

SPRAGUE XX


1945 Carrier Warfare
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Thanks to Judith A. Davenport and nieces and nephews of
Ralph_Mullins from Clintwood, VA.
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