John
Storrs Foote
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 15 August 1940, page 2
Miss Helen Foote, daughter of Mrs. Electa Foote, of S Ft Thomas avenue, Ft Thomas, has not definitely decided about returning to Madison College, Harrisburg Va. Her brother, John Foote will return to Eastern State Teachers College, Richmond.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 15 June 1943, page 4
A commission as ensign in the Naval Reserve has been received by John Storrs Foote, 21, son of Mrs. Electa S Foote, 2 S Ft Thomas avenue, Ft Thomas. He was graduated from the Naval Air Training Center at Corpus Christi Tex. Ensign Foote was attending Eastern Kentucky State College, Richmond, when he enlisted in the Navy last September.
He is a graduate of Highlands High School, Ft Thomas, and a former student at Millersburg Military Institute, Millersburg Ky.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 3 August 1945, page 1
The Navy's third highest decoration, the Navy Cross has been awarded posthumously a Ft Thomas dive bomber pilot for "extraordinary heroism" displayed in an attack on a Jap aircraft carrier in the battle of the Philippines Oct 25, 1944. The award was made Lt. Junior Grade John Storrs Foote, son of Electra Storrs Foote, of 2 S Ft Thomas avenue, Ft Thomas.
The flyer lost his life Nov 11 when on a mission from the aircraft carrier, USS Essex. The citation accompanying the Navy Cross said: "Launched at down from his parent carrier when the northern prong of the Japanese fleet swung from a southeasterly to a northerly course in an effort to escape the powerful units of our Third Fleet. Lt. Foote took off under extremely adverse weather conditions in pursuit of the enemy task force. With a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Shokaku class as his target, he skillfully maneuvered through the deadly rain of bursting ant-aircraft fire in company with other planes of his group, plunged on the enemy disposition with determined aggressiveness and struck furiously, scoring a direct hit on a hostile carrier. Lt. Foote defied the persistent anti-aircraft fire of the entire Japanese task force to execute his bold attack and contributed essentially to the sinking of a vital Japanese warship."
Lt. Foote has been awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster. He had completed 15 missions. The flyer entered the Navy September 1942 and had been overseas since February 1944. He was an alumnus of Highlands High School.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 24 May 1946, page 7
A memorial service for members who have made the supreme sacrifice in the defense of their country will be held at 10:45 am Sunday at Highland Methodist Church, Ft Thomas. Those who will be honored include: John Storrs Foote, Rodney W Hicks, Stuart G Johnston, Earl O Parrish, Robert Simpson and Kenneth Walsh.