Worster Miles "Woose" was born on July 16, 1917. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in Dallas, TX on Oct 26, 1942 and volunteered for parachutist duty after learning that he couldn't qualify for aviation cadets due to being color blind. He was assigned to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment which was just forming in Camp Blanding, FL and became a member of the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion. After finishing basic training, the regiment moved to Fort Benning, GA for jump school where every man completed the requisite five jumps to earn their parachutists wings.

Following a number of months of advanced training at Camp Mackall, NC the regiment shipped out for Europe on December 27, 1943 aboard the USAT James T. Parker. Landing in Belfast, Ireland on January 8, Morgan and his follow 508ers endured three months of field exercises before moving to Nottingham, England to await their role in the invasion of Europe. At about 0200 hours on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Morgan and 2,055 other men from the regiment jumped into Normandy. They remained in combat for 33 days before being relieved and returned to Nottingham for a brief respite. They also had to train much needed replacement troops as they had lost more than 1100 men that had been killed, captured or wounded.

Worster jumped again on September 18, 1944, this time into Holland as part of Operation Market-Garden. When the regiment was relieved it was sent to Camp Sissone in France to lick its wounds. Then on December 18th they were unexpectedly sent by truck into Belgium to fight in the Battle of The Bulge. Only after two months in the snow were they once more relieved, for what turned out to be the last time.

He died on March 17, 2003 and is now buried in Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.

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