Private Benjamin (TV series) the cast as Colonel Lawrence Fielding, the pompous, well-meaning, but ineffectual, head of the camp. In late 1982, Eileen Brennan was struck by a car and Polly Holliday was brought in as Captain Amanda Allen, intended as a temporary replacement for Brennan's Captain Lewis character, but the show was cancelled shortly thereafter. Private Benjamin (TV series) Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name that aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her
USCS Benjamin Peirce tow "Seminole" so that she would clear "Iza", then went aboard "Iza" and was given command by the "Iza"s captain. Hawley and other men from "Benjamin Pierce" were instrumental in saving "Iza" and her cargo from burning. The Coast Survey decommissioned "Benjamin Peirce" in 1868. USCS Benjamin Peirce USCS "Benjamin Peirce" was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1855 to 1868. The Coast Survey acquired "Benjamin Peirce" in 1855 and placed her in service along the United States East Coast, where she spent her entire Coast Survey career. She was named