Irv Miller

Last Name: Miller
First Name: Irv
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 12047823
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Fort Dix, NJ; Fort Meade, MD; Camp McCoy, WI; Fort A.P. Hill (now Fort Walker); Fort Benning, GA; Camp Atterbury, IN; Fort Jackson, SC

Unit(s): Co. D, 304th Infantry; 20th Co. 1st S.T.R.; 271st Ord. Medium Maintenance Co

Rank(s): Pvt.; Pfc.; Sgt.; Cpl.

Theater(s) of Operation: Europe; Pacific

Locations: England; France (LavHavre), (Rouen), (Marseille); Luxembourg; Germany; Luzon (Manilla), (Batangas)

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Military Occupation/Specialty: Mechanic

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Of Interest: 8/6/42 - His division serving as a presidential guard for Roosevelt; 9/19/44 - Expressing gratitude and disappointment about not yet being deployed overseas; 9/10/44 - Dismay at the large number of Jewish boys from Wilmington wounded, killed or missing; 1/2/45 - Description of 2 days leave in London; 3/26/45 - Describes the destruction of small towns across France; 9/9/45 - Describes being sent from Europe to be part of the invasin force against Japan and relief that the war ended; 11/15/45 - Describes the unpleasantness of life in the army and the delays in being sent home

Delaware Connection(s): Aaron Miller (brother)

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First Letter to Mollye: 06/10/1942
Last Letter to Mollye: 10/12/1945
Number of Items in Mollye Collection: 69
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