Calvin T. Miller, 72, of Visalia died Friday, Sept. 17, 1999. He was retired.
He was born in Tulare and attended Tulare Union High School and College of the Sequoias in Visalia. During World War II, he served in the Pacific in the Merchant Marines and also in the Army Air Corps. He was employed by the Southern California Edison Co. for almost 33 years prior to his retirement in 1983.
Calvin never married and had no children. He was much loved by a large family & many friends. Nieces & nephews well remember the fun of playing the card game "Hearts" with him during summer vacation visits! :)
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From Library of Congress Blogs:
(https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2022/05/merchant-marines-an-often-overlooked-branch-of-military-service/)
"Liberty ship convoys were attacked and torpedoed constantly by enemy U-boats. A 2016 article in Smithsonian magazine explains: "The U-boat war was particularly unforgiving to merchant mariners. The Merchant Marine suffered a higher casualty rate than any branch of the military, losing 9,300 men, with most of the losses occurring in 1942, when most merchant ships sailed U.S. waters with little or no protection from the U.S. Navy."
He was born in Tulare and attended Tulare Union High School and College of the Sequoias in Visalia. During World War II, he served in the Pacific in the Merchant Marines and also in the Army Air Corps. He was employed by the Southern California Edison Co. for almost 33 years prior to his retirement in 1983.
Calvin never married and had no children. He was much loved by a large family & many friends. Nieces & nephews well remember the fun of playing the card game "Hearts" with him during summer vacation visits! :)
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From Library of Congress Blogs:
(https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2022/05/merchant-marines-an-often-overlooked-branch-of-military-service/)
"Liberty ship convoys were attacked and torpedoed constantly by enemy U-boats. A 2016 article in Smithsonian magazine explains: "The U-boat war was particularly unforgiving to merchant mariners. The Merchant Marine suffered a higher casualty rate than any branch of the military, losing 9,300 men, with most of the losses occurring in 1942, when most merchant ships sailed U.S. waters with little or no protection from the U.S. Navy."
Calvin T. Miller, 72, of Visalia died Friday, Sept. 17, 1999. He was retired.
He was born in Tulare and attended Tulare Union High School and College of the Sequoias in Visalia. During World War II, he served in the Pacific in the Merchant Marines and also in the Army Air Corps. He was employed by the Southern California Edison Co. for almost 33 years prior to his retirement in 1983.
Calvin never married and had no children. He was much loved by a large family & many friends. Nieces & nephews well remember the fun of playing the card game "Hearts" with him during summer vacation visits! :)
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From Library of Congress Blogs:
(https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2022/05/merchant-marines-an-often-overlooked-branch-of-military-service/)
"Liberty ship convoys were attacked and torpedoed constantly by enemy U-boats. A 2016 article in Smithsonian magazine explains: "The U-boat war was particularly unforgiving to merchant mariners. The Merchant Marine suffered a higher casualty rate than any branch of the military, losing 9,300 men, with most of the losses occurring in 1942, when most merchant ships sailed U.S. waters with little or no protection from the U.S. Navy."
He was born in Tulare and attended Tulare Union High School and College of the Sequoias in Visalia. During World War II, he served in the Pacific in the Merchant Marines and also in the Army Air Corps. He was employed by the Southern California Edison Co. for almost 33 years prior to his retirement in 1983.
Calvin never married and had no children. He was much loved by a large family & many friends. Nieces & nephews well remember the fun of playing the card game "Hearts" with him during summer vacation visits! :)
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From Library of Congress Blogs:
(https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2022/05/merchant-marines-an-often-overlooked-branch-of-military-service/)
"Liberty ship convoys were attacked and torpedoed constantly by enemy U-boats. A 2016 article in Smithsonian magazine explains: "The U-boat war was particularly unforgiving to merchant mariners. The Merchant Marine suffered a higher casualty rate than any branch of the military, losing 9,300 men, with most of the losses occurring in 1942, when most merchant ships sailed U.S. waters with little or no protection from the U.S. Navy."
