World War II Honoree

Estell Lee Phillips

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Greeneville, Tennessee

Honored By

Janice L. Johns

Relationship

Daughter

PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS AS A MEMBER OF THE USS CHENANGO CVE.-28; TARAWA, GILBERT ISLANDS OPERATION: NOVEMBER 13 TO DECEMBER 8, 1943, KWAJALEIN & ENIWETOK, MARSHALL ISLANDS OPERATION: NOVEMBER 26, 1943 TO MARCH 2, 1944, AITAPE-HOLLANDON OPERATION: APRIL 24 TO 27, 1944, MARIANAS OPERATION: JUNE 10, 1944 AUGUST 27, 1944, OCCUPATION OF MOROTAI: SEPTEMBER 15, 1944, OCCUPATION OF LEYTE, OCTOBER 27 TO 29 1944. NANSEI SHOTO (RYUKYU RETTO) OPERATION: APRIL 1, 1945 TO JUNE 14, 1945. ENTITLED TO WEAR THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR. ON APRIL 9, 1945 LEE WAS THROWN OVER THE SIDE INTO THE NETTING AND BURNED WHEN A PLANE LANDED ON THE CHENANGO, IT HIT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AND CAUGHT FIRE, KILLING TWO MEN AND BURNING MANY MEN AND DEMOLISHED SEVEN AIRCRAFT.