Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis (1880-1923 was a United States Marine officer and early proponent of amphibious warfare doctrine. He served at Cavite during the Philippine Insurrection and was later stationed at Guam before serving with the AEF in France.
Ellis died under mysterious circumstances on the Japanese held-island of Palau in the Caroline Islands. Some allege that he was assassinated by the Imperial Japanese authorities for his outspoken criticism of Japanese expansionist tendencies; others point out that he seems to have suffered from alcoholism and could conceivably have died of cirrhosis of the liver or some other alcohol-related disease. He is best remembered today for his military intelligence work and for accurately predicting the bloody Pacific War two decades before it began.
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