Frank Miller at Army Air Base
Frank Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Miller, writes from the Army Air Base at Lincoln, Nebr., thanking the Legion and Monitor for the home paper. He says he is waiting for the issue that will, tell of the football defeat of Carroll by the Bulldogs.

Frank states he feels fortunate in being in the air corps and has a good chance of going to college in the fall. This will require the passing of an interview test. His basic training will be over September 7.
"It is a lot of fun but you know you have been through a days work at the end of the day.

Manning Monitor article------ 1944

Frank Miller Jr. Writes March 30, 1944
Dear Monitor: I have moved from St. Norbert's College to Camp Crowder. Mo., so I'm back in the Army again. I was expecting the Infantry but the Signal Corps was a pleasant surprise as far as I'm concerned.

In our classification they told us we could either be radio operators, radio operators, or radio operators, so I chose to be a radio operator. They told us our A. S. T. P. training classified us in the higher group of men and a lot of other stuff but you know they want to make us feel good because of A. S. T. P. disbanding like it did. But we are being treated with as much fairness as possible.
They need radio operators so we are supposed to be radio operators. I personally think code will drive me "nuts" but there will be plenty other men with me.

I was really happy over the Bulldogs' success because some of my buddies are from Iowa and in all the towns that were represented Manning went farther than any of them. Nice going and Bill Steneker has proven again that he is the best coach in Iowa.
Tommy Bridges, former Detroit Pitcher, and Lee Grissom, former Cincinatti pitcher, are stationed at this post so I imagine they will have a good camp baseball team.
I would really like to play but they probably have other stars around also.
If anybody has any friends at Camp Crowder that I know or are Manning boys, I would appreciate hearing from you so I could see them.
Yours truly,
Frank Miller.

In a recent game Frank had a perfect day at bat, getting a homer, a triple, two singles and a walk out of five times at bat. He ranks sixth highest in batting average on the squad with a 346 average and has played in almost every inning, being at bat 52 times so far this season.
His above performance reminds us of his day with the Halbur team before he joined the army when they played the South Dakota state penitentiary team at which time he got nine hits out of ten trips to the plate, smacking two home runs over the wall.

Upon his induction into the army last summer he was assigned to Lincoln Army Air Base, Nebraska. After a short stay there he was transferred to the Army Specialized Training Program at St. Norberts College, Green Bay, Wis., as, a basic engineer.
Later he went to Camp Crowder where at present; he is a member of the Casual Detachment P, CSCUTC and is attending high speed, automatic radio operators' school.
He didn't waste much time getting into the baseball harness once he arrived at Camp Crowder and plays right field on the team.
While on the U, T. C. nine he had a batting average of 380.

According to an item in the Des Moines Register, Miller had batted 625 with the 800th Signal Training Regiment Giants, champions of one of the post's baseball leagues, and is a permanent fixture in the Camp Crowder All-Stars outfield.

His play with the regimental and post teams brought him sharply to the attention of the former Tiger hurling ace, Corp. Tommy Bridges, manager of the Camp Crowder squad. Bridges arranged for Miller to make a trip to St. Louis several day ago when the Tiger and St. Louis Browns were playing an American league contest, so that Miller could be looked over by officials.

Comments from Detroit papers are as follows:
Sgt. Tommy Bridges came to town yesterday and brought an outfielder with him for Steve O'Neil's inspection. His name is Pvt. Frank Miller. He worked out in right field during practice and O'Neil was impressed. Detroit News.

Sgt. Tommy Bridges, here from Camp Crowder saw the game from a box near the Tiger dugout. Bridges brought with him from camp, Frank Miller, an outfielder who worked out with the Tigers. The kid, who hails from Iowa, handled himself well in the field and at bat. Steve O'Neil was impressed with his showing.