Crisp County GaArchives News.....CORDELE SAILOR WITNESSES DECORATION OF ARUNDEL HER BY MRS. ROOSEVELT. September 22, 1943
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CORDELE DISPATCH September 22, 1943
WILLARD G. LANGLEY OMLY KNOWN ENGINE ROOM SURVIVOR FROM DESTROYER ''STRONG''
 HONOLULU
 MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HAS COMPLETED HER 21 THOUSAND MILE TOUR OF THE SOUTH 
PACIFIC. SHE ARRIVED IN HONOLULU LAST NIGHT, DEEPLY TANNED,AND TOLD REPORTERS 
SHE HAD VISITED 17 ISLNDS AS WELL AS NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA.
 TODAY SHE PINNED A DECORATION ON LT. HUGH BARR MILLER, FORMER ALABAMA 
FOOTBALL PLAYER. THE 33-YEAR OLD LT. WAS CITED FOR KILLING AT LEAST A DOZEN 
JAPANESE SOLDIERS WHILE HE WAS MAROONED FOR 39 DAYS ON ARUNDEL ISLAND.THE 
CEREMONY WAS STAGED IN A HOSPITAL WHERE MILLER IS RECOVERING FROM INTERNAL 
INJURIES.
 THE CEREMONY WAS HELD IN FRONT OF THE BED OF ELECTRICIANS MATE SECOND 
CLASS,WILLARD GRANVILLE LANGLEY, OF CORDELE,GA.,THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE 
ENGINE ROOM OF THE DESTROYER STRONG.
 THE NAVY DEPT. NOTIFIED LANGLEY'S WIFE ON JUNE 20TH THAT LANGLEY WAS MISSING 
IN ACTION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AFTER THE SINKING OF THE STRONG.A FEW DAYS 
LATER SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT LANGLEY HAD BEEN RESCUED AND WAS WOUNDED.

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