Hugh Barr Miller was hiding in the jungle, living off the land and waging a one-man war against vastly superior Japanese forces. After his destroyer, the Strong, was torpedoed a month earlier, on July 4, 1943, Miller scavenged among Japanese barge wrecks for weapons and supplies. He ambushed and wiped out a Japanese patrol with grenades, collected valuable intelligence by observing Japanese movements on nearby Kolombangara, and gathered a satchel full of Japanese documents. A U.S. Marine Corps pilot finally spotted him on the beach on August 16 and realized his red beard marked him as an
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