| 词条 | Henry J. F. Miller |
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|honorific_prefix = |name = Henry Jervis Friese Miller |honorific_suffix = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1890|09|10}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|01|07|1890|09|10}} |birth_place = Alloway Township, New Jersey |death_place = San Antonio, Texas |placeofburial = Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery |placeofburial_label = |spouse = |relations = |image = Henry_J._F._Miller.jpg |image_size = |caption = Major General Henry J. F. Miller in 1944 |nickname = |allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}} |branch = {{Plainlist|
}} |serviceyears = |rank = Brigadier General |commands = |battles = |awards = |alma_mater = |laterwork = |signature = }} Henry Jervis Friese Miller (10 September 1890 – 7 January 1949) served as a general in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was demoted to the rank of colonel as a result of a security breach related to the allied invasion of Normandy. Early lifeMiller was born on 10 September 1890, in Alloway Township, New Jersey, to John and Mary Miller. After receiving an education from the local public schools, Miller enrolled in the United States Military Academy and graduated with the class of 1915.[1] Military careerAfter graduation, Miller was assigned as a second lieutenant in the United States Cavalry and served near El Paso, Texas, during the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1917 and then major in 1918.[1] In 1917, Miller transferred to the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps and completed primary flight training at Rockwell Field. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in England from September to December 1918. After the war, Miller returned to the United States and participated in the 1919 Transcontinental Air Race. Miller served many assignments between 1921 and 1941 in both the United States Army Air Service and the United States Army Air Corps, most notably a tour as commanding officer of Duncan Field Air Depot that earned him a promotion to brigadier general in the Army Air Corps on 10 July 1941, which had retained this name for the USAAF's training and logistics units; the USAAC, outside of such units, had been redesignated as the United States Army Air Forces on 20 June 1941. He was promoted again to major general on 27 February 1942, and became the chief of the 9th Air Force Air Service Command based out of Wright Field.[1][4] In 1944, while attending a dinner party at Claridge's in London, Miller leaked the date of the upcoming Operation Overlord during a conversation with a fellow officer, saying that "the invasion will come before June 15."[2] An Associated Press account gives his comment as “On my honor the invasion will take place before June 15.”[3] When news of this security breach reached Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower in May 1944, Miller was demoted to his permanent rank of lieutenant colonel and sent home. On 30 November 1944, he retired from service due to physical disability, and in December 1948 was promoted on the retired list to the grade of brigadier general.[1][4] The United Press reported on 3 December 1944 that he had taken an advisory job with a war plant.[5] Death and legacyMiller moved to San Antonio, Texas, in the spring of 1948 and lived there until his death on 7 January 1949.[1] He was buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Miller was portrayed by actor Paul Gittins in the 2004 film Countdown to D-Day.[6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5422/|title=Memorial|publisher=}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,711844,00.html|title=Army & Navy: Silence is Golden|date=19 June 1944|publisher=|via=content.time.com}} 3. ^Associated Press, “General Broken And Sent Home”, The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Thursday 8 June 1944, Volume 50, page 1. 4. ^1 Haskew, Michael E. (2014). West Point 1915: Eisenhower, Bradley, and the Class the Stars Fell On. Minneapolis, Quarto Publishing Group. {{ISBN|978-0-7603-4652-5}} 5. ^United Press, “Officer Who Talked Too Much Retired From Army”, The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Monday 4 December 1944, Volume 51, page 1. 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401504/|title=Ike: Countdown to D-Day|date=31 May 2004|publisher=|via=IMDb}} External links
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