World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Lotis Scott Gee
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Portsmouth, Ohio
Honored By
Annita, Lotis Robert, Nancy, John, Ronald Timothy & Paul David
Relationship
Children
RIBBON BAR OF THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION AWARDED FOR OUTSTANDING HEROISM IN ACTION AGAINST ENEMY JAPANESE INVASION FORCES ATTEMPTING TO RECAPTURE GUADALCANAL, FROM THE BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ ON OCTOBER 26, 1942 TO THE SECOND BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND, NOVEMBER 14-15, 1942. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 7 STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SERVED ON THE USS SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE USS SAPPHO.