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Title: Milton Edward Miles papers
Date: 1923-1958
Collection Number: 68028
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 4 envelopes
(4.0 linear feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, notes, orders, and photographs relating to the Sino-Japanese Conflict,
U.S.- Chinese relations during World War II, post-war military defense in Latin America, Canadian-U.S. joint defense policies,
and the Indochina and Korean Wars. Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Miles, Milton E., 1900-1961
Collection open for research. Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
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[Identification of item], Milton Edward Miles papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1968.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
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| 1900 April 6 | Born, Jerome, Arizona, son of Lewis E. Robbins and Mae Belle Cook, stepson of George A. Miles |
| 1917 | Apprentice seaman, U.S. Navy |
| 1918-1922 | Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy |
| 1922-1927 | Commissioned as Ensign and promoted to Lieutenant (Junior Grade), U.S. Asiatic Fleets |
| 1927-1929 | Post Graduate School, U.S. Naval Academy |
| 1928 | Promoted to Lieutenant |
| 1929 | M.S., Columbia University |
| 1929-1932 | Electrical officer, U.S.S. Saratoga |
| 1932-1934 | Member, Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department |
| 1934-1939 | Destroyer duty, U.S. Pacific and Asiatic Fleets |
| 1937 | Promoted to Lieutenant Commander |
| 1939-1942 | Member, Interior Control Board, Navy Department |
| 1942 | Promoted to Commander and Captain |
| 1942-1943 | U.S. Naval Observer, Chung King, China and Chief of OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for the Far East |
| 1943-1945 | Deputy Director, Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) |
| 1944-1945 | Commander, U.S. Naval Group, China |
| 1945 | Appointed Rear Admiral, for temporary service |
| 1946 | Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Columbus |
| 1947 | Planning Officer, Staff of Commander Service Force, Atlantic Fleet |
| 1948 | Promoted to Rear Admiral |
| 1948 | Commander, Cruiser Division One |
| 1949 | Commander, Cruiser Division Six |
| 1949 | Commander, Cruiser Division Four |
| 1950-1954 | Director, Pan American Affairs and U.S. Naval Missions in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and Senior Naval Delegate to Inter-American Defense Board |
| 1954 | Commandant, Fifteenth Naval District, Panama Canal Zone |
| 1955 | On-site Commander, Operation Friendship, flood relief program, Tampico, Mexico |
| 1956 | Commandant, Third Naval District, New York, and Commander, U.S. Naval Base, New York |
| 1958 | Promoted and retired as Vice Admiral |
| 1961 March 25 | Died |
| 1967 | Author (posthumously) A Different Kind of War: The Little-Known Story of the Combined Guerilla Forces Created in China by the U.S. Navy and the Chinese during World War II |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Inter-American Defense Board.
Permanent Joint Board on Defense (Canada-United States)
Sino-American Cooperative Organization.
United States. Navy--Officers.
Canada--Military relations--United States.
Canada.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
China.
Indochinese War, 1946-1954.
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Latin America--Military relations--United States.
Latin America.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
United States--Armed Forces.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Military relations--Canada.
United States--Military relations--Latin America.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
World War, 1939-1945.