Woodbury County

Orville G. Miller

 

 

 

ANTHON MAN WINS NAVY, MARINE MEDAL

Des Moines. –(AP)—The Navy and Marine corps medal has been awarded to Signalman Orville G. Miller of Anthon, Ia., the navy public relations office here announced Wednesday. The citation, which followed Miller’s voluntary rescue in a whaleboat of survivors of a shelled ship, said that “as a result of his prompt and courageous conduct, many lives were saved.”

Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 1, 1945
Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 5, 1945 (photo included)