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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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From 1940 until 1942, Zacharias commanded the heavy cruiser, the ''USS Salt Lake City,'' which was part of the force that escorted [[Lieutenant General]] [[James Doolittle]] on the 1942 bombing raid over Japan.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/emzacharias.htm|title=Ellis M. Zacharias|publisher=arlingtoncemetery.net|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref> During the war, he remained at the rank of [[captain]].<ref>''Books: Fifteen Guns,'' ''[[Time Magazine]],'' December 23, 1946.</ref> He conducted [[radio]] psychological warfare against the Japanese high command.<ref>{{cite book |last=Linebarger |first=Paul M. A. |date=1955 |title=Psychological Warfare |edition=2nd |location=Washington |publisher=Combat Forces Press |page=204 }}</ref>
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From 1940 until 1942, Zacharias commanded the heavy cruiser, the ''USS Salt Lake City,'' which was part of the force that escorted [[Lieutenant General]] [[James Doolittle]] on the 1942 bombing raid over Japan.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/emzacharias.htm|title=Ellis M. Zacharias|publisher=arlingtoncemetery.net|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref> During the war, he remained at the rank of [[captain]].<ref>''Books: Fifteen Guns,'' ''[[Time Magazine]],'' December 23, 1946.</ref> He conducted [[radio]] psychological warfare against the Japanese high command.<ref>Paul M.A. Linebarger, ''Psychological Warfare,'' 2nd edition, 1955, ''Combat Forces Press, p. 204.</ref>
    
Zacharias was born in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]. He graduated in 1912 from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]].<ref name=obit/> Zacharias served his first cruise aboard the new battleship ''USS Arkansas,'' which escorted [[U.S. President]] [[William Howard Taft]] to [[Panama]] to inspect the [[Panama Canal]] before water was turned into it. From 1913 to 1915, Zacharias served aboard the ''USS Virginia.'' He was then stationed for a time on the survey ship ''USS Hannibal.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ussslcca25.com/mcmur-08.htm|title=Our Captain|publisher=usslcca25.com|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> During [[World War I]], he served as a line officer aboard the ''USS Pittsburgh.''<ref name=obit/>
 
Zacharias was born in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]. He graduated in 1912 from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]].<ref name=obit/> Zacharias served his first cruise aboard the new battleship ''USS Arkansas,'' which escorted [[U.S. President]] [[William Howard Taft]] to [[Panama]] to inspect the [[Panama Canal]] before water was turned into it. From 1913 to 1915, Zacharias served aboard the ''USS Virginia.'' He was then stationed for a time on the survey ship ''USS Hannibal.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ussslcca25.com/mcmur-08.htm|title=Our Captain|publisher=usslcca25.com|accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref> During [[World War I]], he served as a line officer aboard the ''USS Pittsburgh.''<ref name=obit/>
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