WILLIAM C MILLER DE 259 - Revision history

JohnG3938 at 23:58, 24 February 2018

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2016-03-05T08:27:42Z

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	<li>[[USS WILLIAM C. MILLER DE-259_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1]]    (1943)</li>		<li>[[USS WILLIAM C. MILLER DE-259_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1]]    (1943-44)</li>
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	Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>		Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~320~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	~~NO WILLIAM C. MILLER POSTMARKS~~<br/>~~AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME~~		Locy Type<br/>2az*
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~DATE FROM~~		1944-12-18
	<br/>to<br/>		<br/>to<br/>
	~~DATE TO~~		1944-12-26
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	~~<!--~~[[Image:~~FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME~~\|thumb\|center\|100px]]~~-->~~		[[Image:JonBurdett williamcmiller de259 19441218.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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	~~Note:~~		Mark from back of cover
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JonBurdett: new format

2011-09-06T00:48:06Z

new format

New page

<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Evarts Class Type GMT Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid January 10 1943 - Launched February 22 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS WILLIAM C. MILLER DE-259'''<br/>
Commissioned July 2 1943 - Decommissioned December 17 1945<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 8 1945<br/>
Sold April 10 1947 to Mr. Fred Perry of New York for scrap<br/>
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:WCMILLER PATCH.gif|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li>[[USS WILLIAM C. MILLER DE-259_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]    (1943)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
NO WILLIAM C. MILLER POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
DATE FROM
<br/>to<br/>
DATE TO
</td><td align="center" width="320">

</td><td align="center" width="120">

</td></tr></table>
Note:


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
WILLIAM C. MILLER earned 7 Battle Stars for WWII service<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/7 stars - WWII Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Seaman 2nd Class William Cicero Miller USN (July 18 1919 - December 7 1941)<br/>
Miller was attached to Scouting Squadron VS-6 operating from [[ENTERPRISE CV 6|USS ENTERPRISE CV-6]]. In April 1941, he was paired with Lt. Clarence E. Dickinson, Jr. and on [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|December 7 1941]] they both boarded their aircraft, a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, for what was to be a routine scouting flight. They were under orders to proceed to [[OtherUS Ford Island Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor Hawaii|Ford Island NAS]] and land there to refuel. Dickinson and Miller arrived over Oahu to discover the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor underway. Attacking "Zero" fighters riddled Dickinson's plane, but Miller already wounded once, downed one and ultimately exhausted his ammunition in the defense of the aircraft until she had been set afire. Dickinson called for Miller to bail out but received no answer. The pilot managed to get out of the falling plane; but Miller, either dead or so severely wounded that he was unable to free himself from the aircraft, remained with it until it crashed into a cane field. For his devotion to duty, Miller was awarded a posthumous commendation by the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet.




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