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...Jap Mass Suicides...
...certain PT squadron commander had managed to capture a Jap naval officer after sinking a fleet of Barges which the Nipponese commanded. The U. S. officer questioned his captive on all sorts of routine matters, such as where he was bound for and where he came from...
...Jap answered all the questions, something he has certainly not required to do, and in perfect English. At first the American officer believed his replies, but when Nip willingly gave him the exact time and place for the appearance of the next barge fleet, he became skeptical...
...favorite hunting ground was the Truk lagoon, where he habitually flew through a storm of flak at 50 ft. in order to bomb and strafe Jap ships...
...seven and a half months his squadron sank 43 Jap ships, probably sank or damaged 91 others. But Miller's most brilliant record is his own. He himself definitely sank 20 of those ships, totaling 35,500 tons, among them a destroyer and a 10,000-ton tanker; probably sank or damaged 46 totaling 28,350 tons, among them a light cruiser, a destroyer, two destroyer escorts. (Not included in that record: barges, sail boats, sampans. Miller sank so many that he was too embarrassed to report them...