Francis Miller was a combat photographer during World War II. He became a staff photographer for Life in 1947. The collectoin includes photographs, taken by Miller, while stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, captuing scenes from the Second Philippines Campaign, the Navy base on Dutch New Guinea, and includes the Battle of Surigao Strait, Battle of Leyte, Battle of Mindoro, Battle of Ormoc Bay.

Francis Miller was a combat photographer during World War II. He was born in Texas and studied journalism at the University of Texas and art in Chicago before enlisting in World War II. Prior to the war he freelanced as a photographer for Life and became a staff photographer for the publication in 1947. Miller was renowned for his uncanny ability to get an image by hiding his camera in all manner of things including cigarette cases, neckties, and carved out pages of novels. Using hidden cameras, he photographed the 1952 Republican National Campaign, gamblers in Cuba, and dogs on the White House lawn. In his later career he documented the Civil Rights movement, photographing the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech. He retired from Life in 1968.

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