World War II Honoree

Lewis Leeds Ellis, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Boston, Massachusetts

SERVED ON A SUB-CHASER IN THE ATLANTIC. AFTER EARNING SEAMAN 1ST CLASS, WAS MADE FLAG SIGNALMAN FOR THE FIFTH FLEET AND WAS USED ON SOUTH PACIFIC INVASIONS OF GILBERT ISLANDS AND MARSHALL ISLANDS. WAS STRANDED ON A SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND WHEN HE WENT ASHORE TO SET UP SHIP-TO-SHORE COMMUNICATIONS AND JAPANESE BOMBERS FORCED HIS SHIP TO ESCAPE FROM THE HARBOR. HE WAS RESCUED WEEKS LATER BY THE BATTLESHIP USS MARYLAND.