Commander Miller received his early education in the public school system of Hammond, Indiana, graduating from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1933. Prior to the war he served in the U.S.S. Houston (CL-81), first as Damage Control Officer and then as Executive Officer. He completed the Naval War College Junior Course in Strategy and Tactics in 1947. He served the following two years on the Staff of the President, Naval War College, first as a member of the Department of Strategy and Tactics and later as Head of Plans, and is now in command of the U.S.S. Hollister (DD-788).
