Chief Quartermaster Miller graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in Rochester, N. Y., in 1939 and went on active duty as seaman on the U.S.S. Castor on March 7, 1941. From November 7, 1942 to January 23, 1945, he served on the U.S.S. Pawnee, where he participated in the occupation of New Georgia-Rendova and Vella Lavella, the Treasury-Bougainville operations, the occupation of Emirau, and the capture and occupation of Peleliu and Angaur Islands. He was serving in the Pawnee when she towed the damaged cruiser Houston from the dangerous vicinity of the Formosa coast. At present he is serving in the U.S.S. Dyess.
