Person:Bennett Berlin (1)

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Bennett Howard Berlin
b.30 Nov 1921 Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
d.29 Sep 1989 Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois
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m. 25 Nov 1915
  1. Ray Sturgis Berlin, Jr1916 - 1976
  2. William Edward Berlin1920 - 1979
  3. Bennett Howard Berlin1921 - 1989
  4. Jack Wesley Berlin1924 - 1989
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Name[1] Bennett Howard Berlin
Gender Male
Birth[2] 30 Nov 1921 Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
Other[7] 1939 graduated from Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso, IndianaHigh School
Military[5] Bet 16 Dec 1943 and 5 Apr 1946 served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Silverleaf in WW II with action in the Pacific at Okinawa
Retirement[2] 1988 after 22 years with the Lake County, Illinois Map Department
Medical[5] Contracted Tuberculosis about July, 1950. Entered the Waukesha, Wisconsin Veterans Hospital in August 1950. Cause of death: respiratory arrest due to end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Residence[2] for 36 years, Gurnee, Illinois
Death[2][3] 29 Sep 1989 Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois
Burial[2][4][3] 3 Oct 1989 Highland Memorial Park, Libertyville, Lake County, Illinois
Other[2] Gurnee American Legion Post 771Member
Other[2] Gurnee Funeral Home, Gurnee, IllinoisFuneral Service

The USS Silverleaf was a net tender that joined the 5th fleet for the battle of Iwo Jima.

USS Silverleaf (AN-68/YN-92) was a Ailanthus-class net laying ship which was assigned to protect U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her anti-submarine nets.

Displacement 1,100 tons(lt) 1,275 tons(fl); Length 194' 6"; Beam 37'; Draft 13' 6"; Speed 12.1kts; Complement 56, Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion, direct drive diesel 2,500hp, single propeller.

Silverleaf (AN-68) was laid down on 3 February 1943 as YN-92 by Canulette Shipbuilding Co. Inc., Slidell, La.; launched on 11 December 1943; redesignated AN-68 on 20 January 1944, and commissioned on 26 May 1944, Lt. A. W. Brown, Jr., USNR, in command.

On 6 June, Silverleaf sailed for Melville, R.I., to hold her shakedown cruise from 13 to 30 June. She was in the Boston Navy Yard from 1 July to 29 August for post shakedown availability. The net layer moved to New York and sailed from there on 3 September with a southbound convoy. On the 10th, she was ordered to proceed independently to San Diego, via the Panama Canal.

Silverleaf arrived at San Diego on 3 October and operated between there and San Pedro until departing for Pearl Harbor on 5 December 1944. She remained there until 5 February 1945 when she steamed for Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. The tender was then attached to the 5th Fleet for the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima; remaining there with Task Force 94 until 10 August. From 13 August until 20 November 1945 Silverleaf operated from Guam and Marcus Island. On the 20th, she sailed for San Pedro, Calif., via Pearl Harbor, for disposal, arriving on 1 January 1946.

Silverleaf was stripped for sale to the Chinese Government, but the ship was in such poor condition that she was decommissioned on 18 April. She was struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946 and sold to Joe Medina Enterprises, San Diego, Calif., on 31 March 1947 for scrap.

Silverleaf received one battle star for World War II service.

References
  1. ↑ 1930 U.S. Census, Center Township, Porter County, Indiana.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Obituary for Bennett H. Berlin (newspaper unknown).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Medical Certificate of Death, Bennett H. Berlin, State of Illinois, Reg Dis 498, Reg 764, 10-2-1989.
  4. ↑ Funeral Card for Bennett H. Berlin.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Notebook, "Memorandum of the Children's Ill's" kept by Floss Lytle Berlin, held by Ron Hallberg.
  6.   Social Security Death Index.
  7. ↑ Valenian, Valparaiso Indiana High School class yearbook, 1939.
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