![]() ![]() But my daddy took me up to the Navy building in Tulane and signed me up for the ROTC. But I graduated in 1941.Īnd after I graduated I knew I was going to Tulane because I'd won a scholarship there. My mother taught there, which is why I was going. So I was in uniform from the time I was six years old. Well, I grew up in New Orleans and I went to New Orleans Academy, which is a small, private military school. Give us a sense, before the war, of what your childhood was like, where did you grow up and go to school? Thanks so much for joining me today, Steve. So we look forward to a great discussion. And I'm going to be interviewing him about his wartime service today, and then we'll open it up to questions. And today it is my pleasure to be joined by Judge Steve Ellis, a World War II veteran of the US Navy from 1944 to 1946. I am the Alan and Sherry Leventhal Research Fellow here at the National World War II Museum in the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. Here he recounts those harrowing experiences. He took part in the campaigns to liberate the Philippines and survived Japanese kamikaze attacks. Steve served in the US Navy from 1944 to 1946 aboard LST-751. Tyler Bamford, who was serving as the institute's Leventhal Research Fellow, had a conversation with museum volunteer and World War II veteran Steve Ellis. This episode is brought to you by the Museum's Education Department and the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. Thanks for tuning in to World War II On Topic, Veteran Voices. I'm Jeremy Collins, the Director of Conferences and Symposia at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. ![]() Season 4 Episode 6 – Voices of the War:….Season 4 Episode 4 – An Interview with….Season 4 Episode 3 – “A French Teenager….Season 4 Episode 2 – An Interview with….Season 3 Episode 4 – “She's Helping to….Season 3 Episode 1 – “Patriots From the….Season 2 Episode 4 – “FDR, Harry Truman….Season 2 Episode 3 – “Guadalcanal: The….Seize & Secure: The Battle for La Fière.Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of…. ![]()
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