World War II Honoree

Clarence Hugh Miller

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Augusta, Kansas

Honored By

Sharon Moag

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED ON 5 AUGUST 1942 IN THE U.S. NAVY AND WAS ON THE USS INDEPENDENCE FROM 18 MARCH 1943 UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. HE WAS A CATAPULT OPERATOR AND ABOARD DURING THE ATTACKS ON MARCUS, WAKE, RABAUL AND TARAWA ISLANDS. DURING 1944 HE WAS ONBOARD DURING THE ATTACK ON PALAU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OKINAWA, FORMOSA, BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, AND IN 1945 DURING THE ATTACKS OF FORMOSA, INDO-CHINA, CHINA COAST, OKINAWA INVASION, JAPAN, AND THE DECLARATION AND OCCUPATION OF JAPAN.