Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) September 12, 1963
Hart, Kenneth I. (Military Notes - 1963)
Kenneth I. Hart, airman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hart of Humbird, is serving aboard the antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier USS Bennington, which recently participated in antisubmarine exercises in Alaskan waters. During her Alaskan deployment Bennington served a flagship of Commander Carrier Division 19. Ports of call were Juneau and Kodiak, Alaska. Bennington is the first ship of her type to visit these cities since Alaska became a state in 1958. A Pacific Fleet unit, Bennington normally operates out of Long Beach, Calif.
Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) July 9, 1964
Hart, Kenneth I. (Military Notes - 1964)
Kenneth I. Hart, a navy airman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hart of Humbird, is a crew member of the anti-submarine warfare support aircraft carrier USS Bennington, serving with the Seventh Fleet in the Far East.
Benning is the hub of an anti-submarine "hunter - killer" group composed of air, surface and sub-surface units designed to find and destroy enemy submarines.
While in the Far East, her crew members have visited Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.