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Banners to honor veterans, POW/MIA, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky

5/28/2022

For a few years now, the city of Mount Sterling, Kentucky has posted banners downtown around Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. This year some cousins and myself pooled out money and ordered one for our uncle Billy killed in the Kula Gulf of the Solomon Islands in July of 1943. I'm really impressed with the quality of the banner and the sharpness of his image. Now he hangs among other esteemed and amazing young men and women who served their country with pride. Below are images of the banner.

Tammi

South Pacific WW2 Museum Newsletter, profile of Lt. Hugh Barr Miller, Jr.

5/5/2022

I'm always truly happy and proud to pass along this monthly newsletter, but this one is special. James Carter, the museum volunteer who creates and puts out the letter emailed me about a week ago and told me he'd decided to include the story of Lt. Hugh Barr Miller, Jr. and add information about the project and my website! Needless to say, I was humbled and thrilled. Through this newsletter, the museum reaches people I could never reach. Since I'm still working on a way to get the plaque in the water at the wreck site of Strong, every little bit of help or promotion the project can get is helpful. It's also very nice to keep reminding the world of the sacrifices made by Miller and how the information he gathered while marooned on Kolombangara Island helped to insure the success of driving the Japanese out of the Central Solomons a month later. Lots of other really good stories included here, but I think I may print this one! See the link below!

My name is misspelled on the last page, but we can overlook that. James, thanks again!

April edition: South Pacific WW2 Museum Newsletter

Banners to honor veterans, POW/MIA, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky

South Pacific WW2 Museum Newsletter, profile of Lt. Hugh Barr Miller, Jr.

Tammi Johnson

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