Reminiscence, August 1942.

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Reminiscence, August 1942.

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Holograph personal reminiscence of the landing of U.S. Marines on Gavutu and Tanambogo Islands in August 1942, in preparation for the Battle of Guadalcanal. Bennink was boat commander in USS Heywood on convoy duty in the South Pacific. He describes the pre-landing bombing, the landing, the logistics, the Japanese aerial and land attacks, the injuries and the chaos of war, news of the Battle of Savo Island and evacuees of that battle on his ship. Map of landings in the Tulagi area and the movement of Squadron X-Ray and Squadron yoke, Solomon Islands, August 7, 1942.

1 item (11 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8101003

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Heywood (Ship)

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Bennink, Richard E., 1917-

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CDR Richard E. Bennink served in WWII where he was boat commander, USS Heywood at the landings at Gavutu and Tanambogo Islands in August 1942. From the description of Reminiscence, August 1942. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 730473617 Bennink was born in 1917, and graduated from Harvard University and the Navy ROTC in 1938, when he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve that June. He reported for active duty on 6 June 1941, and over the next four y...