World War II Honoree

Minos D. Miller, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Jennings, Louisiana

Honored By

Murphy Miller

Relationship

Third Cousin Onced Removed

COMMISSIONED IN MAY 1942 AT NAVAL AIR STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. HE WAS IN AIR GROUP 81. HE FLEW FROM THE USS SARATOGA CV-3, USS RANGER CV-4 AND THE USS WASP CV-18. WAS SHOT DOWN ON JANUARY 3, 1945 AND WAS A POW HELD AT TAIHOKU (FORMOSA), OFUNA (NEAR YOKOHAMA) JAPAN AND OMORI PRISON CAMP NEAR TOKYO BAY. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WHILE A POW.