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Thurman Miller

THURMAN MILLER, a native of Otsego, West Virginia, served as Gunny Sergeant with the First Marine Division in World War II and was one of the first Marines ashore on Guadalcanal. He fought in several other historic South Pacific battles, including New Britain, and after the war worked in the coal mining industry for over three decades. He formerly served as president of the West Virginia Chapter of the First Marine Division and lives near Beckley, West Virginia.