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Benjamin Thomas Pugh
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Rank
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
December 18, 1951
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USNA Class of 1943, Lieutenant Commander Pugh was the pilot of an AD-4 Skyraider dive bomber with Fighter Squadron 194 aboard carrier USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45). December 18, 1951, after receiving damage from his own bomb blast, he successfully ditched his aircraft off Wonsan Bay. When recovered by a rescue craft, he was found dead. |
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