Meet
Richard Miller, who served for four years in the U.S. Navy and left as a Lieutenant in 1945, after the war had all but ended.
Shortly before Memorial Day in June 2011 at the World War II
Memorial in Washington, DC,
Miller discusses several of his most clear memories, and provides insight on what it was like to be in the Navy during that infamous time.
Reported by Michelle Michael.
Video courtesy of Pentagon
Channel / U.S. Department of Defense