World War II Honoree

Dale Ross Miller

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Enid, Oklahoma

Honored By

William E. Shaklee

Relationship

Brother-in-Law

CHECKED IN AT THE INDUCTION STATION IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, MARCH 5, 1945, AT 19 YEARS OF AGE. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE ARRIVED AT THE RECEPTION CENTER, COMPANY B, CAMP CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS. ON MARCH 13 HE ARRIVED IN COMPANY C, 100TH INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION, CAMP MAXEY, TEXAS. AUGUST 2 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO REPLACEMENT DEPOT NO. 2, FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA. AUGUST 17 HIS UNIT LEFT SAN FRANCISCO ABOARD THE USS ROCKINGHAM APA-229. THE FIRST STOP WAS AT ENIWETOK IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, THEN THEY STOPPED AT THE ISLAND OF MAG MAG IN THE CAROLINAS. SEPTEMBER 8 THEY ANCHORED IN MANILA BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THEY BIVOUACKED A FEW MILES FROM CLARK FIELD AND BECAME A PART OF THE 32ND INFANTRY DIVISION, COMPANY I, 128TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, APO #32, C/O POSTMASTER, SAN FRANCISCO. OCTOBER 25 THEY WERE STATIONED NEAR THE TOWN OF YAMAGUCHI ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF HONSHU, JAPAN, ON OCCUPATION DUTY. MUCH OF THEIR TIME WAS SPENT DESTROYING JAPANESE WAR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. BY JANUARY 1946 HE HAD BEEN PROMOTED TO PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. BY FEBRUARY 22 HE HAD BEEN MOVED TO OSAKA, HONSHU, IN COMPANY G., 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, A.P.O #25, C/O POSTMASTER, SAN FRANCISCO. HE LEFT OSAKA SEPTEMBER 19 FOR THE 260TH REPLACEMENT COMPANY, 4TH REPLACEMENT DEPOT. THE SHIP TOOK HIM TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND HE ARRIVED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, OCTOBER 13, 1946, THEN HOME. HIS DECORATIONS INCLUDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL.