ELLIS, LEON FRANCIS
Name: Leon Francis Ellis Rank/Branch: O3/United States Air Force Unit: 390th TFS Date of Birth: 09 October 1943 Home City of Record: Commerce GA Date of Loss: 07 November 1967 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 174500 North 1062500 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C Missions: 53 Other Personnel in Incident: Kenneth Fisher, returnee |
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 2023
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Leon Ellis Jr. retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel. He and
his wife Mary reside in Georgia.
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http://freedomstarmedia.com/lee-ellis Leading with Honor Introduction - Lee Ellis
http://www.amazon.com/Leading-Honor-Leadership-Lessons-Hilton/dp/0983879303/ref=la_
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Written by Stephen Herzog
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When Lee Ellis had his plane shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, he wasn't worried.
Planes
were downed fairly regularly those days. He'd been trained on how to act
in such a
situation, and his equipment all
worked properly upon
evacuation.
"I
kept pretty cool at first,"¯ said Ellis, who will be speaking in Branson
this week. "It wasn't
until I got captured that I
went into shock."
The biggest problem was where the plane ended up — right in the middle of an enemy base.....
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May 2015Earlier this month, the Daughters of American
Revolution (DAR) awarded Lee as a
2015 Distinguished Citizen Award
Recipient
for his lifelong contribution to helping
preserve America’s freedom. Georgia
First Lady, Sandra Deal (pictured in the photo
with Lee
and his wife, Mary) presented Lee with his award.
Thanks for celebrating with us, and please
learn more about this worthwhile organization!
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Son Tay Raid Documentary
In case you are interested and have
1.5 hours to watch a documentary on the Son Tay POW camp raid by
special forces in Nov 1970, here is the link (below).
I lived in that camp 25 miles NW of
Hanoi for the two years it was open. We moved out in July 1970,
before the raid in November. Perfectly executed raid, but no one was
there except a few Vietnamese soldiers and some other taller Asian
soldiers staying in a barracks a few hundred yards away.
The troops were disappointed, but
it turned out well for us. We were all moved back to the Hanoi
Hilton and that’s when we went into the large rooms where we had
education programs.
My presentation starts at the 45:40
point and goes for about 15 minutes. I share what it was like living
in Son Tay and what happened after the raid.
Leon “Lee” Ellis
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06/12/2022 By Lee Ellis:
Leading with Honor is the original, award-winning book outlining the 14
leadership lessons learned in the POW camps of Vietnam.
Engage with honor is the followup book that applies many of the original
leadership lessons into a practical Courageous
Accountability Model.
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