Today, the name Marion Miley is largely unrecognizable, but in the fall
of 1941, she was an internationally renowned golf champion, winning
every leading women's tournament except the elusive national title. This
unassuming twenty-seven-year-old woman was beloved by all she met,
including celebrities like jazz crooner Bing Crosby. With ambitions to
become a doctor, it seemed Marion Miley was headed for greatness.
But on September 28, 1941, six gunshots broke through the early morning
st