Ralph Miller Case

Monday, June 14th, 1954, 37 school boys, from the ages of 5 to 12, were found on a previously uncharted island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. On the 23rd of March, a community of private boys’ schools in England’s small city of St. David’s was evacuated, do to the raging war consuming our country. The aircraft was shot down by the Soviet Union, pilot Charles M. Smith perished upon impact, stranding the surviving school boys. For nearly 3 months, the boys attempted a rather elaborate social order. The boy who claimed to have been elected “Chief” was Ralph Miller. The boys had built shelters and learned to hunt. They organized a wash area, established rules to ensure respect, and a constant signal fire burning. Upon question, Ralph revealed