Doris "Dorie" Miller, a Black sailor who served at Pearl Harbor, saved lives, shot down planes. Miller manned a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack, despite lacking formal training, and ...
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was doing laundry below deck of the battleship USS West Virginia, yet another in an endless series of menial tasks to which he ...
RACINE - At 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, Dorie Miller, a U.S. Navy mess attendant, was sorting laundry in the belly of the battleship USS West Virginia. As he sorted, Japanese aircraft buzzed into Pearl ...
Mess Attendant Doris “Dorie” Miller manned an anti-aircraft gun and downed enemy planes during Pearl Harbor despite a lack of training by the Navy. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today (March 25) ...
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