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His great-grandparents were early Kentucky settlers, Joseph R. Lee and Mary Wiley. His grandfather Nathaniel W. Lee operated a distillery at his namesake village of Natlee. In 1893, Nat Lee's sour mash whiskey was taken to the Chicago World's Fair where it won the Gold Medal over 5000 other entries.
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was sunk or forced to retire. Lee was never more incisive than in his own evaluation of his success: "We realized then and it should not be forgotten now, that our entire superiority was due almost entirely to our possession of radar. Certainly we have no edge on the Japs in experience, skill,
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campaign in Mexico he drew the fire of three enemy snipers, thereby exposing their positions and then shot them at long range. He understood the powerful guns of a battleship as an extension of the law of
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Lee's specialty in life was gunnery. At the age of 19 in 1907 "he became the only American to win both the US National High Power Rifle and Pistol championships in the same year." In 1914 during the
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from October 1908 to May 1909, before returning to the naval academy and rejoining the rifle team. From November 1909 until May 1910, Lee served aboard the
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into a wreck, resulting in her scuttling shortly afterwards. With 300 Imperial sailors still entombed within her hull, she slid into
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In August 1942, Rear Admiral Lee was sent to the Pacific to command Battleship Division Six, consisting of the battleships
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To Willis Lee went many accolades. "Audacious planning and execution" marked his operations, commented Halsey... Unlike
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Lee and Spooner ended the 1920 Olympics with 7 medals each, the most anyone had ever received in a single year's games.
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In May 1945, he was sent to the Atlantic to command a special unit researching defenses against the threat of Japanese
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During the 1930s and early 1940s, Lee was several times assigned to the Fleet Training Division, commanded the
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and adapted his expertise to the new age of technology. When Admiral Lee engaged the Japanese Vice Admiral
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the only American battleship during World War II to sink an enemy battleship in a "one on one" gunfight.
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The son of Judge Willis Augustus Lee and Susan Arnold, he was known as "Mose" Lee to family and friends.
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in 1904. While at the Naval Academy, his Chinese-sounding last name, compounded by his fondness for the
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earned him the moniker "Ching" Lee. Among his classmates were several future admirals including:
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Following graduation, Lee joined the academy's rifle team twice. He was assigned to the
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during World War II. Lee commanded the American ships during the second night of the
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stood for 60 years. He was the most successful athlete at the 1920 Olympics.
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during this sea fight, Lee's battleship decisively shelled the battleship
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for his actions during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, circa January 1943
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under the command of Vice Admiral Kondō during the second night of the
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Lee, who "knew more about radar than the radar operators", used the
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on the night of 14–15 November 1942. While riding in the battleship
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for the most anyone had ever received at a single Olympic Games.
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Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr
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was the next person to reach 7, in 1960. It would not be until
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Below is the ribbon bar of Vice Admiral Willis Augustus Lee:
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Willis Lee Jr. was a distant relative of Confederate General
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Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in shooting
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Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting
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Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
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Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
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on the evening of 14 November 1942 in the waters off
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in the 1980 games that anyone would beat the record.
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