Miles, Milton E., 1900-1961

Vice admiral, United States Navy; deputy director, Sino-American Cooperative Organization, and commander, Naval Group, China, 1942-1945; director, Pan American Affairs, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1950-1954.

From the description of Milton E. Miles papers, 1923-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869732

Milton E. Miles (April 6, 1900 - March 25, 1961) was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, who served in World War II as head of Naval Intelligence operations in China, and later, second-in-command of the Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization (SACO).

From the description of The Navy launches a dragon / Milton E. Miles. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17998138

Biographical Note

• 1900 April 6: Born, Jerome, Arizona, son of Lewis E. Robbins and Mae Belle Cook, stepson of George A. Miles
• 1917: Apprentice seaman, U.S. Navy
• 1918 - 1922 : Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy
• 1922 - 1927 : Commissioned as Ensign and promoted to Lieutenant (Junior Grade), U.S. Asiatic Fleets
• 1927 - 1929 : Post Graduate School, U.S. Naval Academy
• 1928: Promoted to Lieutenant
• 1929: M.S., Columbia University
• 1929 - 1932 : Electrical officer, U.S.S. Saratoga
• 1932 - 1934 : Member, Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department
• 1934 - 1939 : Destroyer duty, U.S. Pacific and Asiatic Fleets
• 1937: Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
• 1939 - 1942 : Member, Interior Control Board, Navy Department
• 1942: Promoted to Commander and Captain
• 1942 - 1943 : U.S. Naval Observer, Chung King, China and Chief of OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for the Far East
• 1943 - 1945 : Deputy Director, Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO)
• 1944 - 1945 : Commander, U.S. Naval Group, China
• 1945: Appointed Rear Admiral, for temporary service
• 1946: Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Columbus
• 1947: Planning Officer, Staff of Commander Service Force, Atlantic Fleet
• 1948: Promoted to Rear Admiral
• 1948: Commander, Cruiser Division One
• 1949: Commander, Cruiser Division Six
• 1949: Commander, Cruiser Division Four
• 1950 - 1954 : Director, Pan American Affairs and U.S. Naval Missions in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and Senior Naval Delegate to Inter-American Defense Board
• 1954: Commandant, Fifteenth Naval District, Panama Canal Zone
• 1955: On-site Commander, Operation Friendship, flood relief program, Tampico, Mexico
• 1956: Commandant, Third Naval District, New York, and Commander, U.S. Naval Base, New York
• 1958: Promoted and retired as Vice Admiral
• 1961 March 25: Died
• 1967: Author (posthumously) A Different Kind of War: the Little-Known Story of the Combined Guerilla Forces Created in China by the U.S. Navy and the Chinese during World War II.

From the guide to the Milton Edward Miles papers, 1923-1958, (Hoover Institution Archives)