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A Black Hero's Courage Under Fire. Mess Attendant Dorie Miller’s heroism on board the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor earned him accolades from the ‘Jim Crow’ Navy and inspired black Americans during World War II.
“A supernova is a dying star,” explains Girlyman member Doris Muramatsu, who was diagnosed with leukemia in late 2010.
6 Φεβ 2023 · “The ways in which Doris Miller was represented between 1941 and the present reveal the development of a memorial paradigm through which the wartime and postwar history of the US racial hierarchy was (and is) simultaneously addressed and eclipsed,” writes American Studies scholar Robert K. Chester.
The son of poor Texan sharecroppers, Doris Miller was born near Waco in I919.3 In September 1939 he left his hometown, traveling to Dallas to enlist in the navy.
8 Οκτ 2024 · Doris Miller (born October 12, 1919, Waco, Texas, U.S.—died November 24, 1943, off Butaritari Atoll, Gilbert Islands) was a U.S. naval serviceman noted for his bravery during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (1941). He was the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross for valour.
Doris “Dorie” Miller, an African American sailor, was one of the most unsung American heroes of World War II. His actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor helped save many lives and served as an inspiration to countless others.
19 Ιαν 2020 · Getty Images. Doris Miller, right, was hailed as one of the first US heroes of World War II. The US Navy is to name its new aircraft carrier after a black sailor who fought in World War II....
