World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Darwin Miller
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dardanelle, Arkansas
Honored By
Doris Miller
Relationship
Wife
HIS GROUP, ALONG WITH 500 MARINES, HELD OFF THE JAPANESE FROM DEC. 8, 1941 UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE., LONG ENOUGH FOR THE U.S. TO ARRANGE THEIR FIRST VICTORY AT MIDWAY. SERVED AS A MEMBER OF WAKE AND GUAM. SURVIVED 42 MONTHS IN A PRISON SALVE CAMP NEAR SHANGHAI, AND TWO MONTHS IN JAPAN UNTIL LIBERATION.