More detail on this person: Edward James "Ed" Miller of Enterprise, AL died on March 9, 2022 in Birmingham, AL following a battle with cancer. Born in Washington D.C.on December 7, 1935, Ed was raised in New York City where he attended an aviation vocational high school. He then joined the Army in 1953. While working as an aircraft mechanic at Fort Sill, OK, he was encouraged by a Captain to attend the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. Ed graduated from OCS in 1957. He then received orders to attend the Army Fixed wing flight program.He graduated September 1958 and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY, where he served as a pilot and maintenance officer. He then went to jump school and rotary wing school followed by 3 ½ years flying both fixed and rotary wing aircraft in Germany supporting the 94th Air Defense Artillery Group during the cold war. He was then assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, for 18 months with the 2nd Armored Division as a self propelled artillery battery commander. Then came what he considered the highlight of his life. In 1966-67 Ed was assigned to C Btry 2nd Bn 20th Aerial Artillery 1st Cavalry Division where he served as a platoon pilot and executive officer for the battery. After 14 months with the unit he came back to the states, qualified as an instructor, and began training a new generation of pilots. Then in September of 1968 he received orders to C Battery 4th Bn 77th Aerial Artillery 101st Airborne Division as the Battery Commander at Fort Bragg, NC. Upon deploying back to Vietnam he served as commander of C battery for 13 months and then as executive officer of the entire battalion during his time with the 4th of the 77th. Ed retired from the Army in 1973 and started a career in flight training systems design and development. He spent 39 years as a technical writer and designer for flight simulators and ultimately as a program manager and director for computer based training programs for a multitude of military aircraft. When he finally retired he had been working altogether for more than 60 years, most of it in National Defense, in some capacity. He spent his last years enjoying family, golf, and gardening and is survived by his wife Patsy.
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