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190 Yale University Obituary Record
Garden City (N Y.) High School and The Choate School, Walhngford, Conn. Scholar of the third rank Sophomore year; oration appomtment Junior and Senior years; University Baseball Squad Junior and
Senior years; member Silhman College, Fence Club, and Book and Snake.
Member St. Joseph's Church (Roman Catholic), Garden City. Unmarried
Enlisted as aviation cadet July 2, 1941; trained at Spartan Field, Tulsa,
Okla, and Goodfellow and Brooks fields, Texas; received wings and
commissioned Second Lieutenant February 20,1942; promoted First Lieutenant February 11,1943, assigned to 345th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomb
Group, 9th Bomber Command of the 9th Air Force, stationed in the Middle East, January, 1943; as pilot of a B-24 Liberator took part in missions
over North Africa, Sicily, and Italy; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross,
Silver Star, and Air Medal with four bronze and one silver Oak Leaf
Clusters.
Lieutenant Dore did not return to his base after the raid on the Ploesti
oil refineries in Rumania August 1,1943. (In compliance with Section 5 of
Public Law 490, as amended, the presumptive date of death was fixed as
August 2, 1944 ) Survived by parents and a brother, Lieut. Wdham
Francis Dore, A.U.S.
Nixon Lee, Jr., B.A. 1941.
Born January 27, 1919, tn New Yor\ Ctty.
Missing tn action February 26, 1944, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
Presumptive date of death February 27, 1945.
Father, Nixon Lee (grad. Pratt Institute 1902), president Lee Finish
Corporation, New York City; son of William and Anne (Dunbar) Lee
of Brooklyn Mother, Ethel Louise (Covert) Lee; daughter of Charles
Edward and Marietta (Stearns) Covert of Brooklyn.
Phdhps-Andover and Cheshire (Conn ) Academy. Freshman Track
Team, University Track Team three years; member Davenport College
and Chi Psi.
Junior engineer tool and gauge engineering department Remington
Arms Company, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., and Denver, Colo., 1941-42;
member Church in the Gardens (Congregational), Forest Hills, N.Y.
Unmarried
Enlisted as apprentice seaman, U.S. Naval Reserve, September 5, 1942;
commissioned Ensign October 22, 1942; received indoctrination training
at Cornell University November, 1942-March, 1943, and instruction in
motor torpedo boat operations at Melville, R.I., March-June, 1943; stationed in New Orleans June-August, 1943, and Miami August 1-28,
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 190 |
| Transcript | 190 Yale University Obituary Record Garden City (N Y.) High School and The Choate School, Walhngford, Conn. Scholar of the third rank Sophomore year; oration appomtment Junior and Senior years; University Baseball Squad Junior and Senior years; member Silhman College, Fence Club, and Book and Snake. Member St. Joseph's Church (Roman Catholic), Garden City. Unmarried Enlisted as aviation cadet July 2, 1941; trained at Spartan Field, Tulsa, Okla, and Goodfellow and Brooks fields, Texas; received wings and commissioned Second Lieutenant February 20,1942; promoted First Lieutenant February 11,1943, assigned to 345th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, 9th Bomber Command of the 9th Air Force, stationed in the Middle East, January, 1943; as pilot of a B-24 Liberator took part in missions over North Africa, Sicily, and Italy; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, and Air Medal with four bronze and one silver Oak Leaf Clusters. Lieutenant Dore did not return to his base after the raid on the Ploesti oil refineries in Rumania August 1,1943. (In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 490, as amended, the presumptive date of death was fixed as August 2, 1944 ) Survived by parents and a brother, Lieut. Wdham Francis Dore, A.U.S. Nixon Lee, Jr., B.A. 1941. Born January 27, 1919, tn New Yor\ Ctty. Missing tn action February 26, 1944, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Presumptive date of death February 27, 1945. Father, Nixon Lee (grad. Pratt Institute 1902), president Lee Finish Corporation, New York City; son of William and Anne (Dunbar) Lee of Brooklyn Mother, Ethel Louise (Covert) Lee; daughter of Charles Edward and Marietta (Stearns) Covert of Brooklyn. Phdhps-Andover and Cheshire (Conn ) Academy. Freshman Track Team, University Track Team three years; member Davenport College and Chi Psi. Junior engineer tool and gauge engineering department Remington Arms Company, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., and Denver, Colo., 1941-42; member Church in the Gardens (Congregational), Forest Hills, N.Y. Unmarried Enlisted as apprentice seaman, U.S. Naval Reserve, September 5, 1942; commissioned Ensign October 22, 1942; received indoctrination training at Cornell University November, 1942-March, 1943, and instruction in motor torpedo boat operations at Melville, R.I., March-June, 1943; stationed in New Orleans June-August, 1943, and Miami August 1-28, |
