World War II Honoree

Donald Hugh Ellis, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Honored By

Mary Sonia Johnson Ellis

Relationship

Wife

JOINED THE NAVY AT 17, 1944. AFTER COMPLETING SONAR OPERATOR TRAINING AT KEY WEST, FLORIDA, HE SERVED AS SONARMAN 3RD CLASS ON THE USS DOBLER DE-48 ON ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL IN THE ATLANTIC. HE WAS REASSIGNED TO THE ELECTRICAL INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL AT ANACOSTIA, MARYLAND. AFTER COMPLETING THE YEAR OF SCHOOLING, HE SERVED AS AN INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 2ND CLASS ON THE USS VALLEY FORGE CV-45. LEFT THE VALLEY FORGE IN HAWAII AND RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, DECEMBER 1947.