World War II Honoree

Warren Mills

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

SHORTLY AFTER BEING TRANSFERRED TO PT 323, HE WAS BELOW DECK WHEN THE GENERAL QUARTERS ALARM SOUNDED. WONDERING WHY THEY WERE NOT MOVING, HE WENT UP ON DECK AND QUICKLY DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE BEING ATTACKED BY FOUR JAPANESE ZEROS, AND THAT THE SKIPPER AND THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER HAD BEEN KILLED. HE IMMEDIATELY ASSISTED THE FANTAIL GUNNER, AND ALONG WITH THE SURVIVING CREW, THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY REPEL THE ASSAULT UNTIL A DAMAGED ZERO CRASHED MID-SHIP, BUT AMAZINGLY, NO ONE ELSE ON THE PT BOAT WAS KILLED. THE WATER RUSHING IN ACTUALLY PUT OUT THE FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM AND MAY HAVE PREVENTED THE BOAT FROM EXPLODING.