Navy to honor Doris Miller with 1st aircraft carrier named after African American


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The U.S. Navy is set to announce Monday that a future aircraft carrier will be the first named in honor of an African American.
The ship will be named in honor of Doris Miller, who was serving as a ship's cook during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said in a statement Sunday. The announcement is timed to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

This will be the second ship named in honor of Miller for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. When the attack from the Japanese began, Miller was collecting laundry on the West Virginia battleship. Miller headed to his battle station, but found it destroyed by torpedo damage. Miller helped move injured sailors to safety before he was ordered to help the captain of the ship, who was mortally wounded.
After that, Miller manned an anti-aircraft machine gun, a weapon he had not been trained to operate, until it was out of ammunition.

 
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Is his name spelled "Doris" or "Dorie"? I have seen it spelled both ways. But anyway, which ever way his name is spelled, this honor is long overdue.
 
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Is his name spelled "Doris" or "Dorie"? I have seen it spelled both ways. But anyway, which ever way his name is spelled, this honor is long overdue.

I didn't see it in the link provided, but a couple of days ago I read that Dorie was his nickname.
 
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