Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin yakin Midway
a ranar 4 ga Yuni, 1942, Ellison, wanda ke jagorantar Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber, da abokansa sun jagoranci harin torpedo a kan masu jigilar Japan, suna matsawa gida ba tare da kariya ba. Ko da yake ba a samu nasara ba kuma an harbe dukkan jiragen sama na jirgin sama, harin ya rushe tsarin Jafananci, ya jinkirta shirye-shiryen su na karo na biyu. Hare-haren da aka kai daga Squadron Torpedo 6 da Torpedo Squadron 3 sun ci gaba da wannan rushewa, da kuma mamaye jirgin sama na jirgin sama na Japan yayin da jiragen ruwa na Amurka suka shiga cikin kusan ba tare da saninsa ba. Wadannan daga bisani suka kai hari kan masu jigilar jiragen sama na Japan tare da babban nasara, don haka, kusan sa'a daya bayan hadayar Torpedo 8, masu jigilar jiragen sama uku na Japan suna cikin wuta. An sanya Ensign Ellison a matsayin "wanda ake zaton ya mutu" a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 1942 kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Navy Cross a bayan mutuwarsa don ƙarfin hali a Midway.