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George
Johnson
McMillin
POW (WWII)

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George McMillin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1911. He was captured and taken prisoner in the fall of Guam, December 8 – 9, 1945. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Manchuria)

    Action Date:

    December 9, 1941 – August 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Captain George Johnson McMillin (NSN: 0-7732), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese during the fall of Guam on 9 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    1940 – December 1941
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 370 (December 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain George Johnson McMillin (NSN: 0-7732), United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Governor of Guam from 1940, until the Japanese invasion of the islands in December 1941.