Photo Submitted by Military Road History Museum, Lavaca, Ar. Benjamin Franklin Inklebarger, Jr. was born December 13, 1921 in Branch, Franklin Co., Ar. to Benjamin Franklin, Sr. & Blanch Gertrude Grubb Inklebarger. July 3, 1945 a marriage license was found for Ben and Ruby Beatress Brown in Franklin Co., Ar. Both were residents of Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ar. No marriage date or record was found for a marriage. A marriage certificate is found for Benjamin and Ruby R. Lovell With the marriage date of December 3, 1960. Ben registered for the military draft February 15, 1942 in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. According to an enlistment paper he enlisted in the US Navy June 7, 1947 and served until March 4, 1952. This was his second enlistment as he is on a muster for the USS Bogue dated March 31, 1944. It gives his date of "received on board" as Sept 26, 1942. On the June 39, 1944 it gives his first received on board as June 12, 1943. The March 31, 1944 muster shows July 11, 1942 as enlistment date and July 12, 1942 as received on board. All musters that were found are below. 1944 USS Bogue USS Bogue (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVHE-9) was the lead ship in the Bogue class of escort carriers in the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for Bogue Sound in North Carolina. Originally classified AVG-9, this was changed to ACV-9 on 20 August 1942; CVE-9 on 15 July 1943 and CVHE-9, on 12 June 1955. She was part of an effective force, where aircraft operating from Bogue or ships escorting the carrier claimed ten German and two Japanese submarines between May 1943 and July 1945. Bogue had capacity for up to 24 fighter and anti-submarine aircraft normally a mixture of Grumman; Wildcat and Avengers with composition dependent upon mission. The squadron had the callsign VC-9 (Composite Squadron Nine). When she was utilised in a ferry role, she could carry up to 90 aircraft depending on aircraft type.