World War II Honoree

Victor Laverne Miller

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Ness City, Kansas

Honored By

VFW Post 11242

FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AS PILOT OF A CURTIS HELLDIVER DIVE BOMBER, IN BOMBING SQUADRON THIRTEEN (VB-13) FROM THE USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) IN ACTION AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES IN THE SIBUYAN SEA DURING THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF ON 25 OCTOBER 1944. BY HIS SUPERB FLYING ABILITY, INDOMITABLE FIGHTING SPIRIT AND COOL COURAGE HE CONTRIBUTED IMMEASURABLY TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE INFLICTED ON THE JAPANESE FLEET.