File:Roy S Beson Navy Cross01.jpg
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Summary
The Trigger's (SS-237) CO, Lt. Comm. Roy S. Benson, receives a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross at a ceremony honoring his and Trigger's exploits after she arrived at Pearl Harbor on 8 December 1943 following her seventh war patrol.
USN photo courtesy of Rick Connole, son of Commander David R. Connole, K.I.A. while commanding the Trigger (SS-237), 28 March 1945. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0823732.jpg
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