View source for LEWIS B. PRIDE, JR., ENS, USN

{{KeyDates|DoB=April 21, 1918|DoD=December 7, 1941|Age=23|name_class=Lewis Pride, Jr. '41}}

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|LBName=LEWIS BAILEY PRIDE, JR.
|LBHometown=Madisonville, Kentucky
|LBText=Do you want to know someone who's always willing to eat, sleep, fight, or start a party? A fellow who'd lend you money, always help with a problem, and not borrow your ties? Well, then, you should know Bailey, for he's all of that!
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Bailey's right straight out of the mountains of "Kaintucky," if you don't believe it, why ask him. Yes-siree, right out of the woods, and he's always been out of the woods except for a few brief skirmishes with the academic department plebe year and then a little set-to with the medical boys as regards to the eye-sight. He says he's legally blind in a couple of states, but don't let him fox you because he's plenty sharp, blind or not.
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His record as a crew man is a very good one. He concentrated on crew, but he was always available whenever the battalion need to win a football game or a boxing match. It's true that all in all he's a well-rounded fellow, and the "Pride of the Navy."
|LBECAs=''Crew 4, 3, 2, Captain 1; Secretary-Treasurer Class 1941, Battalion Boxing 4, 3, 2; Battalion Football 4, 3; Battalion Pistol 3, 2.''
|LBOther=The Class of 1941 was the first of the wartime-accelerated classes, graduating in February 1941.}}

== Loss ==
Lewis was lost when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37) USS Oklahoma (BB 37)] was sunk on December 7, 1941 by Japanese aircraft during the raid on Pearl Harbor.

== Other Information ==
His body was recovered but not identified until 2015. He [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62380810/lewis-bailey-pride is now buried in] Kentucky. He was survived by his parents.

== Photographs ==
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File:1941 Class Crest Committee.jpg|From the Lucky Bag
File:1941 Pride LB 1.jpg|From the Lucky Bag
File:1941 Pride LB 2.jpg|From the "Stripers" page of the Lucky Bag
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== Namesakes ==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pride_(DE-323) USS Pride (DE 323)] was named for Lewis and was sponsored by his mother.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5480 is named in Lewis' honor.

[https://www.hopkins.kyschools.us/Domain/805 Pride Elementary School] and a street in Madisonville, KY are also named for him.

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|column2=[[FORREST W. SIMONEAU, LT, USN|LTjg Forrest Simoneau '36]]<br />[[JOHN D. HARPER, JR., LCDR, USN|ENS John Harper, Jr. '39]]<br />[[IRVIN A. R. THOMPSON, ENS, USN|ENS Irvin Thompson '40]]
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