1919
Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (died 1943)
Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (died 1943)
Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (died 1943)
Doris Miller
Navy Cross recipient (1919–1943)
- Born
- 1919
Doris "Dorie" Miller was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second class aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, Miller helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then operated an anti-aircraft gun and, despite no prior training in gunnery, officially shot down one plane, but Miller and other eyewitnesses claimed a range of four to six.
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