MILLER MILITARY HEROES
Was a Master Sergeant when I became an Aviation Cadet in 1952 in Kinston.
NC USAF Contract Primary Flight School.
At Greenville AFB, MS for Basic Flight Training in 1953.
Retired at Brunswick, Maine in June 1965 as CWO, Weapons Controller. Saw
USAF service in Guam, Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan, and Germany. Entered USCG
at age 16 in San Francisco in 1943.
Served in NE Greenland Sea ca 1944-1945 aboard Icebreaker Southwind and
later, aboard the Westwind off the NW US Coast .
With sister ship Eastwind, captured German trawler Exernstein and 16
Germans who were manning a radio station on Little Koldeway Isle,Greenland.
One engagement/battle star for this European Theatre of Operation action.
Discharged from USCG as Radarman 2/c in San Francisco in 1946.
NC USAF Contract Primary Flight School.
At Greenville AFB, MS for Basic Flight Training in 1953.
Retired at Brunswick, Maine in June 1965 as CWO, Weapons Controller. Saw
USAF service in Guam, Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan, and Germany. Entered USCG
at age 16 in San Francisco in 1943.
Served in NE Greenland Sea ca 1944-1945 aboard Icebreaker Southwind and
later, aboard the Westwind off the NW US Coast .
With sister ship Eastwind, captured German trawler Exernstein and 16
Germans who were manning a radio station on Little Koldeway Isle,Greenland.
One engagement/battle star for this European Theatre of Operation action.
Discharged from USCG as Radarman 2/c in San Francisco in 1946.
Calvert Edward Easlick
Harold Brent Bachman
Enlisted United States Air Force July 15, 1957 at Dearborn, Michigan
Assigned to Basic Training July 15, 1957 ~
August 15, 1957 at Lackland AFB, Texas
Assigned to Reciprocating Engine Mechanic School ~ August 15, 1957 ~
Graduated January 1958 at Sheppard AFB, Texas
Assigned to 1502nd Military Air Transport Service (Heavy)
1502nd Flightline Maintenance Squadron at Hickam AFB, Hawaii February 1,
1958 ~ February 1, 1961
Honorably Discharged Febraury 6, 1958 at Travis AFB, California
United States Military Awards ~ Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit
Citation,National Defence Medal ,
Cold War Recognitioin
United States Military Commemorative Medals :
American Defence Medal
Cold War Victory Medal
Overseas Service Medal
Air Force Service Medal
Honorable Service Medal
Assigned to Basic Training July 15, 1957 ~
August 15, 1957 at Lackland AFB, Texas
Assigned to Reciprocating Engine Mechanic School ~ August 15, 1957 ~
Graduated January 1958 at Sheppard AFB, Texas
Assigned to 1502nd Military Air Transport Service (Heavy)
1502nd Flightline Maintenance Squadron at Hickam AFB, Hawaii February 1,
1958 ~ February 1, 1961
Honorably Discharged Febraury 6, 1958 at Travis AFB, California
United States Military Awards ~ Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit
Citation,National Defence Medal ,
Cold War Recognitioin
United States Military Commemorative Medals :
American Defence Medal
Cold War Victory Medal
Overseas Service Medal
Air Force Service Medal
Honorable Service Medal
I was in the 8th Army in New Guinea, Leyte, and the first day into Japan.
I volunteered to go to Japan to set up the first communications room for
Mc Arthur. I did see him in his office when the prisoners were released. I was
there on Aug. 31, before the peace was signed on Sept. 2, 1945. I was a
cryptographic technician, meaning I deciphered coded communications.
Passed test for ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program, a college program,
while in High School in Senior Year
- Inducted into the Army on Sept. 23, 1943
- Basic training at Ft. Benning, GA-Sept.-October, 1943
- Assigned to Infantry division in October 1943, when ASTP was cancelled.
- Released from Infantry division when US government reassigned 10% to
other divisions. Joined 304th Signal Operations Battalion at Ft. Sam Houston,
TX for training, October 1943
- Shipped to New Guinea and the 304th joined the 8th Army Headquarters in
Hollandia - Nov. 18, 1944 after 38 days at sea.
- Worked in Signal Operations Center on Lake Sentani in the Cyclops
mountains near Mc Arthur's home and base as a Cryptographic Technician,
decoding messages.
- Shipped to Leyte, Philippines with the 304th for the new location after the 6th
Army went to fight on Luzon. Decoded secret messages on the forthcoming
invasion of Japan. Also worked in the Guerilla Message Center decoding
messages from Philippinos hiding in the jungles that gave the location and
strength of the Japanese troops for Army Intelligence use in invading the
islands.
- Volunteered for the first Signal Operations Center in Japan, Flew to Okinawa
on Aug. 19, 1945 and then to Yokohama. Worked in a room behind McArthur's
Office in the Grand Hotel near the waterfront. Aug. 30, 1945 Peace signed on
Sept. 2, 1945 on the USS Missouri in Yokohama harbor.
- Moved to the Yokohama Custom's House on the waterfront when the 304th
arrived and decoded messages and also drove Army officers to Tokyo, when
McArthur moved to the Dai Ichi Building near the Imperial Palace.
- Shipped back to the USA in Feb. 1946 when the total war points for release
were enough and was discharged from Camp McCoy, WI on Feb 11, 1946
I had three battle stars (New Guinea, Southern Philippines Liberation, and
Luzon. The decorations were the Philippine Liberation Service Ribbon, Good
Conduct Medal, American Theater Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Service Medal, and a commendation for the 304th from the Philippines
Government.
I entered the service with only High School education as a Private and was
promoted to Staff Sergeant. If I would have agreed to stay longer they told me
I could be Master Sergeant, but I was anxious to leave after 2 1/2 years of
service.
I volunteered to go to Japan to set up the first communications room for
Mc Arthur. I did see him in his office when the prisoners were released. I was
there on Aug. 31, before the peace was signed on Sept. 2, 1945. I was a
cryptographic technician, meaning I deciphered coded communications.
Passed test for ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program, a college program,
while in High School in Senior Year
- Inducted into the Army on Sept. 23, 1943
- Basic training at Ft. Benning, GA-Sept.-October, 1943
- Assigned to Infantry division in October 1943, when ASTP was cancelled.
- Released from Infantry division when US government reassigned 10% to
other divisions. Joined 304th Signal Operations Battalion at Ft. Sam Houston,
TX for training, October 1943
- Shipped to New Guinea and the 304th joined the 8th Army Headquarters in
Hollandia - Nov. 18, 1944 after 38 days at sea.
- Worked in Signal Operations Center on Lake Sentani in the Cyclops
mountains near Mc Arthur's home and base as a Cryptographic Technician,
decoding messages.
- Shipped to Leyte, Philippines with the 304th for the new location after the 6th
Army went to fight on Luzon. Decoded secret messages on the forthcoming
invasion of Japan. Also worked in the Guerilla Message Center decoding
messages from Philippinos hiding in the jungles that gave the location and
strength of the Japanese troops for Army Intelligence use in invading the
islands.
- Volunteered for the first Signal Operations Center in Japan, Flew to Okinawa
on Aug. 19, 1945 and then to Yokohama. Worked in a room behind McArthur's
Office in the Grand Hotel near the waterfront. Aug. 30, 1945 Peace signed on
Sept. 2, 1945 on the USS Missouri in Yokohama harbor.
- Moved to the Yokohama Custom's House on the waterfront when the 304th
arrived and decoded messages and also drove Army officers to Tokyo, when
McArthur moved to the Dai Ichi Building near the Imperial Palace.
- Shipped back to the USA in Feb. 1946 when the total war points for release
were enough and was discharged from Camp McCoy, WI on Feb 11, 1946
I had three battle stars (New Guinea, Southern Philippines Liberation, and
Luzon. The decorations were the Philippine Liberation Service Ribbon, Good
Conduct Medal, American Theater Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Service Medal, and a commendation for the 304th from the Philippines
Government.
I entered the service with only High School education as a Private and was
promoted to Staff Sergeant. If I would have agreed to stay longer they told me
I could be Master Sergeant, but I was anxious to leave after 2 1/2 years of
service.
Donald Frederick Miller