Hubert Robert Bennett

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 14 MARCH 1944 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. ASSIGNED TO THE USS LST-623, A TANK LANDING SHIP IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. LEYTE OPERATION OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1944, LUZON OPERATION JANUARY, 1945, CONSOLIDATION AND CAPTURE OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MARCH, 1945. TRANSFERRED ON 6 OCTOBER 1945 TO GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION, ILLINOIS FOR DISCHARGE. RATING OF SEAMAN SECOND CLASS.