World War II Honoree

Lewis Desmond Foote

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Bill Foote

Relationship

Son

MEDICAL OFFICER, COMMANDER U.S. NAVAL RESERVE. COMMISSIONED ON DECEMBER 15, 1942. FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS BROOKLYN NAVAL HOSPITAL, NEW YORK. SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED WITH THE 7TH FLEET AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC INCLUDING MARSHALL ISLANDS, MARIANA ISLANDS, PELELIU AND THE PHILIPPINES. HE WAS ONE OF THE MEDICAL CREW THAT LIBERATED MANILA'S SANTO TOMAS INTERNMENT CAMP. HIS LAST ASSIGNMENT WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MEDICAL CLINIC WITH DR. THOMAS BUCOY ON CAVITE, MANILA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION WITH ONE STAR AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC WITH TWO STARS. SEPARATED JANUARY 7, 1946.