Elie Tremblay was an American fighter pilot whose bravery helped secure the rescue of downed pilots in Japanese waters in 1944.
When he saw Japanese coastal guns threatening an American destroyer steaming towards the men in danger of drifting to shore and ultimate capture, Tremblay flew as low as possible, strafing the Japanese emplacements, and destroyed an oil storage dump despite heavy antiaircraft fire. He also destroyed a large food warehouse and scored a near miss on the centre of a gun emplacement that tipped the gun out of position, rendering it useless. The navy was thus able to rescue the downed airmen.
Tremblay was awarded the Air Medal for this heroic deed.
埃利．特倫布萊是美軍戰鬥機飛行員，十分勇敢，一九四四年，在日本領海，協助救回被擊落的戰機同袍。
他看見同袍正被浪濤沖往日本海岸，有被俘虜之虞，而趕去救援的驅逐艦，在日本沿岸大砲轟擊之下，險象環生。他於是冒着猛烈的防空砲火，駕飛機盡可能低飛，向日本砲臺掃射，摧毀了一個臨時貯油庫和一個大糧倉，並差點擊中一個砲臺的中心部分，使大砲傾側，不能再發射。海軍因此得以救起被擊落的飛行員。
特倫布萊由於作戰英勇，獲頒飛行勳章。