USS BENNINGTON PHOTO GALLERY FEBRUARY 1945 USS BENNINGTON CLOSEST CARRIER CLICK THE PICTURE FOR A CLOSE UP CLOSE THE CLOSE UP WINDOW TO RETURN HERE CLICK THE PICTURE FOR A CLOSE UP CLOSE THE CLOSE UP WINDOW TO RETURN HERE NOTE: PICTURE IS VERY LARGE AND SLOW TO DOWNLOAD Subject: Closest Carrier From: "Howard Woods" [budwoods@earthlink.net] Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 19:59:34 -0400 To: "'Lonnie Whittaker'" [Lonnie@uss-bennington.org] Dear Lonnie, I'm sending along a couple of things that may be of interest. Attached with this e-mail is a copy of a map showing the Bennington's position during air strikes on Tokyo. According to this, the Bennington was the closest carrier to Japan during this action! Regards, Howard Subject: additions - photos, etc. From: Valerie Fink Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:04:32 -0500 To: info@uss-bennington.org Dear Lonnie & the other site team, I found your website for one of my students after I saw him reading the book Halsey's Typhoon. I told him my dad was in that typhoon. He was very interested to see more. My dad, Joseph Fink, was in the marines, a radio repairman with VMF - 123. He still has his Eight Ball patch, golden dragon card, etc. I've attached a map and other items that I found in his box of memories. My dad is 87 and suffers with Alzheimer's. Your website has helped stimulate conversations to get him to do some remembering. My mom told me that after I showed them the site, he woke up the next morning and told her he remembered the pilots returning and talking about strafing Tokyo. I had never heard that story before but then found the attached map. Thank you for a great site. Valerie Fink CLICK THE PICTURE FOR A CLOSE UP CLOSE THE CLOSE UP WINDOW TO RETURN HERE CLICK THE PICTURE FOR A CLOSE UP CLOSE THE CLOSE UP WINDOW TO RETURN HERE RETURN TO: INTRODUCTION