Bennett, Don, “Bennett, Don (Interview outline and video), 2005,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/27189.
Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Description
Don Bennett was born in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1925. He attended Albion College for one semester, then enlisted in the Navy, and became a submariner. He served on five patrols, one in the Kurile Islands, three near the Yellow Sea, and a final one north of Tokyo. During this time they sunk forty-two enemy ships. He was discharged on December 18th, 1945. After the war, he finished school at Albion College.