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Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis forecast the eventual amphibious struggle for the Pacific and gave his life for his country as an intelligence officer at Koror in the Japanese Palau Islands on May 12, 1923. John A. Lejeune said, "His character was a most lovable one and his heart was dauntless and full of courage." Ellis received the Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, French Legion of Honor (Chevalier), and French Croix de Guerre with Palms. Born on December 19, 1880, at Iuka, Kansas, he attended the Golden Valley one room grade school at Iuka, graduated from Pratt High School, enlisted in the Marines on September 3, 1900, as a private, and died on May 12, 1923, on Palau, Caroline Islands.
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