Ellis M. Zacharias

Ellis Mark Zacharias, Sr. was a Rear admiral and naval attach to Japan, who served in World War I and World War II. After World War II, he was appointed as the deputy director of US Naval Intelligence, and postretirement he narrated the 195859 NBC television docudrama series Behind Closed Doors.

Zacharias was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He was appointed as a Midshipman in 1908, and graduated as an Ensign in 1912 from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Zacharias served his first cruise aboard the new dreadnought battleship USS160Arkansas160, which escorted U.S. President William Howard Taft to Panama to inspect the dry Panama Canal prior to completion. From 1913 to 1915, Zacharias served aboard the USS160Virginia160. He was then stationed for a time on the survey ship USS160Hannibal160.

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