Attended Eastern Kentucky University
Attended University of Kentucky
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-096992, U.S. Navy
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
Anti-Aircraft Control Officer and Ship's Attorney
His ship was one of those protecting the USS Hornet, which carried Doolittle's flyers toward their raid over Japan in April of 1942.
LTJG Dorris also participated in the Battle of Coral Sea, Guadalcanal and the Battle of Midway.
In the pre-dawn morning of 9 August 1942, 7 Japanese cruisers and 1 destroyer departed Kavieng, New Ireland and Rabaul, New Britain, sailing south without being detected and the force caught Allied warships by surprise off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
During the Battle of Savo Island, the Japanese cruisers used Type 93 torpedoes and gunfire to sink US cruisers USS Quincy, Vincennes, and Astoria and Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra; 1,077 US personnel were killed or Missing in this battle (Canberra was badly damaged and was ultimately scuttled by a US destroyer).
332 crewmen did not survive and are officially recorded as killed in action in the loss of Vincennes.
Attended University of Kentucky
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-096992, U.S. Navy
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
Anti-Aircraft Control Officer and Ship's Attorney
His ship was one of those protecting the USS Hornet, which carried Doolittle's flyers toward their raid over Japan in April of 1942.
LTJG Dorris also participated in the Battle of Coral Sea, Guadalcanal and the Battle of Midway.
In the pre-dawn morning of 9 August 1942, 7 Japanese cruisers and 1 destroyer departed Kavieng, New Ireland and Rabaul, New Britain, sailing south without being detected and the force caught Allied warships by surprise off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
During the Battle of Savo Island, the Japanese cruisers used Type 93 torpedoes and gunfire to sink US cruisers USS Quincy, Vincennes, and Astoria and Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra; 1,077 US personnel were killed or Missing in this battle (Canberra was badly damaged and was ultimately scuttled by a US destroyer).
332 crewmen did not survive and are officially recorded as killed in action in the loss of Vincennes.
Attended Eastern Kentucky University
Attended University of Kentucky
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-096992, U.S. Navy
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
Anti-Aircraft Control Officer and Ship's Attorney
His ship was one of those protecting the USS Hornet, which carried Doolittle's flyers toward their raid over Japan in April of 1942.
LTJG Dorris also participated in the Battle of Coral Sea, Guadalcanal and the Battle of Midway.
In the pre-dawn morning of 9 August 1942, 7 Japanese cruisers and 1 destroyer departed Kavieng, New Ireland and Rabaul, New Britain, sailing south without being detected and the force caught Allied warships by surprise off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
During the Battle of Savo Island, the Japanese cruisers used Type 93 torpedoes and gunfire to sink US cruisers USS Quincy, Vincennes, and Astoria and Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra; 1,077 US personnel were killed or Missing in this battle (Canberra was badly damaged and was ultimately scuttled by a US destroyer).
332 crewmen did not survive and are officially recorded as killed in action in the loss of Vincennes.
Attended University of Kentucky
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-096992, U.S. Navy
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
Anti-Aircraft Control Officer and Ship's Attorney
His ship was one of those protecting the USS Hornet, which carried Doolittle's flyers toward their raid over Japan in April of 1942.
LTJG Dorris also participated in the Battle of Coral Sea, Guadalcanal and the Battle of Midway.
In the pre-dawn morning of 9 August 1942, 7 Japanese cruisers and 1 destroyer departed Kavieng, New Ireland and Rabaul, New Britain, sailing south without being detected and the force caught Allied warships by surprise off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
During the Battle of Savo Island, the Japanese cruisers used Type 93 torpedoes and gunfire to sink US cruisers USS Quincy, Vincennes, and Astoria and Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra; 1,077 US personnel were killed or Missing in this battle (Canberra was badly damaged and was ultimately scuttled by a US destroyer).
332 crewmen did not survive and are officially recorded as killed in action in the loss of Vincennes.
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