Finding Aid for the Donald H. Miller Second World War correspondence 2017.254.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
2/14/2019
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Donald H. Miller Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Miller, Donald H., First Sergeant
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.254.w.r
Physical Description:
.025 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1945 August 12 - 1947 July 8
Abstract: This collection contains two correspondence from 1st Sgt. Donald H. Miller, USAAF to his mother and his wife Martha after
the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 24
Container: 13
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Martha R. Miller.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
First Sergeant Donald H. Miller, United States Army Air Force comes from a city called Holstein, according to the donor, and
upon graduation joined the Army and traveled by convoy through Arkansas and Texas went to Camp Roberts, California, eventually
making his way to the Philippines. Additional information and letters were lost when the family moved from Santa Clara, California
to Nacogdoches, Texas, the hometown of 1stSgt. Miller's wife, Martha R. Miller. Mentioned in the letters is a daughter, "B.Ann."
This is Barbara Ann, born July 25, 1943. Her and her mother returned from the Philippines on April 14, 1949 aboard the USAT
"General C.G. Morton" (passenger manifest, ancestry.com).
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Donald H. Miller Second World War correspondence (2017.254.w.r), Center
for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains two correspondence from 1st Sgt. Donald H. Miller, USAAF to his mother and his wife Martha after
the Second World War. The first letter, dated August 12, 1945 was written "near Manila," Philippines and discusses the "news
in the last 48 hours," presumably referring to the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9. He says it sounds pretty good and
"we are all waiting patiently now for the Japs reply to our last ultimatum."
The second letter, dated July 8, 1947, is a note telling his wife that she has been added to the list of spouses that can
join their husbands overseas, while he is stationed in Manila, Philippines. He discusses with her the arrangements, things
she will need, and possible travel arrangements with the wife of Captain Raymond A. Seibert of Kyle, Texas who is also coming
out. The letter is addressed to Martha in Nacogdoches and he says they are not too far from each other.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945) -- Philippines.
Miller, Martha R., b. 1923