Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - N'agha dị mkpa a lụrụ na Midway
na 4 June 1942 Ellison, piloting a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber, na ndị ibe ya duru a torpedo agha na Japanese ụgbọelu, na-agbanye n'ụlọ agha na-enweghị fighter cover. Ọ bụ ezie na enwetaghị ihe ọ bụla ma gbuo ụgbọ elu niile nke ndị agha ahụ, mwakpo ahụ mebiri usoro ndị Japan, na-egbu oge nkwadebe ha maka mwakpo nke abụọ. Mwakpo ndị ọzọ nke Torpedo Squadron 6 na Torpedo Squadron 3 gara n'ihu na-akpaghasị nke a, yana ijide ndị agha ụgbọ elu ndị Japan na-alụ ọgụ mgbe ụgbọ elu ndị agha mmiri US na-adaba na-enweghị ihe ọ bụla. Ndị a mechara wakpo ndị Japan na-ebu ụgbọelu na nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma, nke mere na, naanị otu awa mgbe Torpedo 8 chụsịrị àjà, ndị Japan atọ na-ebu ụgbọelu nọ n'ọkụ. E debara aha Ensign Ellison dịka "onye nwụrụ anwụ" na 5 June 1942 ma nye ya onyinye Navy Cross mgbe ọ nwụsịrị maka obi ike ya na Midway.