Chester R. Bender (March 14, 1914 - July 20, 1996) served as the fourteenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1970 to 1974. He also served as Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy from 1965 to 1967. Wikipedia
Admiral Chester R. Bender , former Commandant of the Coast Guard (1970-1974), and the man most remembered by the Coast Guard for adopting its distinctive "Bender Blues" uniform, passed away July 20, 1996, in Moraga, California following a long illness. H www.arlingtoncemetery.net/bender.htm
Chester R. Bender was born March 19, 1914, at Burnsville, WV, the son of John I. and Inez (Harbert) Bender. www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/CRBenderBio.html
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