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Ellis Mark Zacharias, Sr. (January 1, 1890 – June 27, 1961) was a Rear admiral and naval attaché to Japan, who served in World War I and World War II. After World War II, he was appointed as the deputy director of US Naval Intelligence, and post-retirement he narrated the 1958–59 NBC television docudrama series ''Behind Closed Doors''. ==Biography== From 1940 until 1942, Zacharias commanded the , a heavy cruiser that was part of the force that escorted Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle on the 1942 bombing raid over Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ellis M. Zacharias )〕 During the war, he remained at the rank of captain. He conducted radio psychological warfare against the Japanese high command. Zacharias was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He graduated in 1912 from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.〔 Zacharias served his first cruise aboard the new battleship , which escorted U.S. President William Howard Taft to Panama to inspect the Panama Canal before water was turned into it. From 1913 to 1915, Zacharias served aboard the . He was then stationed for a time on the survey ship .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Captain )〕 During World War I, he served as a line officer aboard the .〔 His television series, ''Behind Closed Doors'', is a unique 26-episode program set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series focuses on how the former Soviet Union stole American missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further espionage. ''Behind Closed Doors'' is based on Zacharias files in naval intelligence and his war-time experiences. He offers comments at the conclusion of each segment.〔Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946–Present'', New York: Ballantine Press, 1992, p. 79〕 Before he appeared on ''Behind Closed Doors'', Zacharias had also narrated a radio series entitled ''Secret Missions''.〔 The titles of both programs were taken from books that he had written.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Secret Missions; The Story of an Intelligence Officer'' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Behind Closed Doors: The Secret History of the Cold War'' )〕 Zacharias retired from the US Navy in 1946 after 34 years of service as the result of a heart seizure. He died at his home in West Springfield, New Hampshire, at the age of 71 of complications from another heart seizure. He was interred on July 3, 1961, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. His wife, the former Clara Miller (born February 27, 1897), was interred with him upon her death on November 7, 1992. At the time of her death, she was living in Falls Church, Virginia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 Their two sons, Ellis M. Zacharias, Jr. and Jerrold M. Zacharias, were both Naval Academy graduates. Ellis (February 1, 1926 – April 17, 2006), a businessman, inventor, and avid amateur photographer, died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of eighty. Jerrold (born December 17, 1927), also a career navy man, received the Navy Cross as a pilot in Vietnam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=CAPT JERROLD M. ZACHARIAS, USN )〕 After retiring from active service in 1978 he continued as a naval consultant until 1992. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellis M. Zacharias」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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