Benjamin Franklin Brenner Collection

Biographical Information

Gender

Male

Race

Unspecified

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War or Conflict

Cold War

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1956-1989

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

Navy

Unit of Service

Naval Communications Station (NAVCOMMSTA) Adak; Commander, 6th Fleet (COMSIXTHFLT); USS Des Moines (CL 134); USS Saratoga (CVA 60); USS Forrestal (CVA 59); USS Roosevelt (CVA 42); Navy Reserve

Location of Service

Bainbridge, Maryland; Imperial Beach, California; Adak Island (Aleutian Islands); Atlantic City, New Jersey; Cheltenham, Maryland; Homestead, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; Fort Meade, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rota, Spain; Japan; Mediterranean Sea

Battles/Campaigns

1958 Lebanon Crisis

Highest Rank

Senior Chief Petty Officer

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran served as a communications technician (collection branch) and in the Navy Reserve Security Group (NR SECGRU). He served active duty from 05/1956 to 12/1959 and in Reserve from 09/1965 to 12/1989.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Biographical information [3 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [9 items] -- Typewritten document

Photograph: Original photographic print [1 item] -- Photographs

Photograph: Photocopy of photographic print [3 items] -- Portrait

Interviewer:

Sheryl Collins

Contributor:

Richlyn Goddard

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Atlantic County Historical Society

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/94666

Subjects:

Brenner, Benjamin Franklin

Cold War--Personal Narratives

United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Benjamin Franklin Brenner Collection
(AFC/2001/001/94666), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress