TRIBUTE TO DAD
JOHN R. MILLER
USMC
6 APRIL 1942 - 9 APRIL 1946
3rd MARINE DIVISION
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I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE OTHER MEN IN THESE PHOTOS.  THEY CAME TO ME WELL AFTER MY DADS DEATH.
PHOTO ON LEFT, GUY ON LEFT IS MY DAD  GUY ON RIGHT HAS THREE STRIPES AND IS IN THE OTHER PHOTOS ALSO
Enlisted 6 April 1943
At  Cleveland Ohio
6th Rec. Bn. Apr. 8, 1942
Rec. Depot Parris Island
Joined Rifle Range Det. June 16, 1942
MB New River N.C.  (date?)
Jd. OO. I, 3d BN 21st Marines, FMF
At Camp Elliot San Diego Ca. Nov. 25, 1942
In the Field Feg. 15, 1943 via "Lurline"
Jd Div Cas. Det 3rd Mar. Div Aug. 311943
Wounded in Action July 21, 1944
Wounded in Action Dec. 22, 1943


Temporary Corporal "Line"  ? ?

Honorable Dis.   Cpl
Awd GC Med
Info from "Professional and Conduct Record
(rec'd from St. Louis)

13 January 1944 Rec'd the Purple Heart Medal Awd for Wounds Received in Action Against The Enemy on 22 December 1943
    Signed by Roy W. Arnold  2d Lt. USMCR

29 Sept. '45 AWD Gold Star in Lieu of second Purple Heart Medal for Wounds Rec'd In Action on 21 July '44 
     Signed by E.H.Smith  Capt.MCR? or UCR?

Auth:  American Campaign Medal
         Victory Medal
          Good Conduct Medal
BURIED IN QUAYAQUIL ECUADOR
SPIRIT IS GUARDING THE STREETS OF HEAVEN
Webmistress Karoline Miller
Sorry to say, I don't recognize your dad or the other men in the photos. He
was Third Bn; I was First Bn. So many guys! Most of us knew only the men
assigned to our companies, platoons or squads. I notice your dad was wounded
at Bougainville, Dec., 1943, and D-Day, June 21st on Guam. God Bless your dad
for being there! I also was a Drill Instructor at PI at the time your dad was
at the rifle range. May have rubbed elbows with him a few times when I took
platoons to the range to shoot for record. One never knows!

Thank you for the nice complements about the "Vet returns to Guam" story.
Lest there be any misunderstanding by my fellow Marines, I met the elder
Kawakubo to give him several articles I saved from his brothers clothing the
day I shot him. There were no words of regret or apologies offered by either
side. I just felt that his family, after all these years, would appreciate
having his things (his hat, which contained his name in the lining, thus
giving me the tool to find the family, a flag, and his insignia patch from
his sleeve. There was plenty of emotion that day by both families. War and
Rembrance? Time is truly a healer when it comes to human emotions!

I was and will be forever a proud United States Marine!

Maury
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