World War II Honoree

Irven 'Bob' G. Miller

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Long Branch, New Jersey

Honored By

Grateful American

ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN 1942 AND TRAINED AS A SHIP FITTER AND DEEP-SEA DIVER. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT AS A DIVER WAS TO RETRIEVE UNEXPLODED JAPANESE TORPEDOES FROM THE SEA BED IN PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. HE LATER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS INDIANA, A BATTLESHIP IN THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN WHERE HE RECEIVED TWO MEDALS OF VALOR.