Corporal Arnold Miller

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Corporal Arnold Miller drifted away on this day, Monday, January 5, 2007. He was in WWII in the South Pacific for 3 1/2 years and was in three major invasions and two minor ones. He was in the Americal Division Field Artillery and was attached to the First Marine Division. He was on Guadalcanal from the first and was decorated for taking ammunition under fire to Bloody Ridge. He was involved in the defense of Henderson Field and the Cactus Air Force. He was later in the Battle of Bouganiville Island and fought during multiple earthquakes and a volcanic eruption. He had many a close call including having his tent struck by lightning. Everyone but him was killed. He was in the liberation of the Phillipines with his General and friend, Douglas MacArthur. As he was going home on a troop ship, it struck a mine. He was under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransico. Fortunately it was a dud.