Scope and Contents Mr. Ellis (b. 1922) recalls his childhood in North Ogden. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was assigned to the minesweeper , on which he was a radar/sonar operator. After the was hit by a mine and sunk, Ellis was reassigned to an aircraft carrier. He finished out the war in various places in the Pacific, including Okinawa and Tokyo.