Willis A. Lee Receives the Navy Cross

ID: 3439 ~ Source: Wikimedia Commons ~ Creator: US Navy ~ Date: Circa January 1943

This file appears in: Vice Admiral Willis A. "Mose" Lee Jr.: Olympic Champion & Navy Cross Winner

Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee is presented with the Navy Cross by Admiral William Halsey in a ceremony in the South Pacific for his actions in the Battle of Guadacanal.

This file appears in: Vice Admiral Willis A. "Mose" Lee Jr.: Olympic Champion & Navy Cross Winner

Vice Admiral Willis A. "Mose" Lee Jr.: Olympic Champion & Navy Cross Winner

By Andrew Patrick

Owen County native Willis A. "Mose" Lee Jr. left his mark on the 20th century, from the 1920 Olympic Games in Belgium to the Pacific Theater of World War II.