Name:                                   Howard C. Bender                                     

Rank:                                    Chief Yeoman

Branch of Service:                 U/ S. Navy

Unit :                                      USS Maryland, USS McCawley and

                                               USS Crescent City                 

Specialty:                                                       

Record keeping, Summary and General Courts Marital.   hip’s History, Gunnery and Ordnance inventories

Active Duty Dates:                   February2, 1941 to February 10, 1949

Armed Conflicts                        WWII

Theater of Operations:             Pacific Theater

Campaigns:                                

Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal to Bougainville Solomon Islands.  Logisticsupport groups

with Air, Submarine Anti-mine action.

Decorations & Awards:                                

Navy Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal,  American Defense, American

Theater, WW II Victory Medal, Sea Service Ribbon, USN Overseas Ribbon, USN

Expeditionary Medal, Naval Reserve Medal, Pearl Harbor Congressional

Commemorative Medal.

Speaking Subjects:                                       

Pearl Harbor, Pacific wars including the little known Navy of the Java and China

 Seas.  History of the Empire of Japan.  History of the Amphibious Warfare from

 Alexander he Great to the present day.