Miller's Reconnaissance Team

Miller's recon team was assigned to scout out Makin Atoll relatively on their own, and ended up getting caught, tortured, and most of them killed.

Miller and Cook were the only survivors of the recon team. K. Pyle's throat was slit, H. Nelson, M. McCord and Henderson were beaten to death, and Cook was evacuated via assault raft right after being saved, leaving Miller to fight his way out.

It is possible that other members of the team were imprisoned elsewhere, their fate being unknown. If a team consisted of at least seven Privates, odds are that there would be at least one other Private First Class, Corporal, and/or Sergeant. Although, there happens to be another soldier tied to the post to the far left at the start of Semper Fi. It is possible that he could be the leader, or the leader could have been killed earlier.

In the trailer for World at War, at least eight Marine Raiders are depicted.

Personnel
It is possible that not all of the members of Miller's team was specified, and that there were more elsewhere on the island. But of those specified, it is known about:

{| class="wikitable sortable" width=50% !width=150|Name!!Fate
 * + Personnel of Miller's recon team
 * -Pvt first class Anderson|| Survived
 * -Seargent Pepper
 * Private Luyties || Executed, August 17, 1942
 * -Seargent Pepper
 * Private Luyties || Executed, August 17, 1942
 * Private Luyties || Executed, August 17, 1942


 * Private [[C. Miller]|| Survived


 * Private [[M. McCord]|| Survived


 * Private [[H. Nelson]|| Survived

Cooks squad Pvt Henderson            || Survived Sgt Cook                || Survived
 * Private K. Pyle || Executed, August 17, 1942(possibly)
 * Corporal Foley      ||  Survived

Real world
There was a real raid on Makin in 1942, but it was with 219 Marines, not the platoon-sized element like in the game. In the real raid, nine Marines were unintentially left behind and were later interrogated and then beheaded on another island. The eight people that are killed/rescued in the game could be based off these nine Marines.