WebJan 19, 2024 · Next U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to be named after African American Pearl Harbor hero January 19, 2024 / 9:10 AM / CBS News Aircraft carrier to be named after Pearl Harbor hero WebDec 7, 2024 · 1:07. Josh Farley. Kitsap Sun. BREMERTON, Wash. — Doris Miller awoke before dawn and was gathering laundry aboard the USS West Virginia on a December morning 80 years ago when alarms rang out ...
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WebDec 10, 2024 · The US Navy is honoring a sailor who overcame racism to become a hero during World War II. ... USS Doris Miller bears the name of a young sailor who risked his life to defend his ship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. At that time black sailors were only allowed to serve as mess attendants. Even though he hadn't … WebDec 3, 2024 · Against all odds, brave sailors struggled to save their fellows during the attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago this Thursday. But for the hero who saved two lives aboard the battleship Arizona ... strive towards a steeple perhaps
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WebSep 28, 2016 · One such reminder would be the African-American mess attendant at Pearl Harbor who dropped the spatula, picked up a .50 cal, and fought back against the Japanese onslaught. This action would earn him the Navy Cross and foreshadow a legacy of hard-fighting gallant warriors of World War 2 who just so happened to be African-American. WebFeb 17, 2012 · The last Pearl Harbor hero. By Roger Hare - February 17, 2012. U.S. Navy sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia (BB 48) during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. ... It was covered in smoke, its wire cage masts jutting into a black and … WebDec 8, 2024 · WASHINGTON – An American hero is finally getting recognition 76 years after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Ahead of Thursday’s anniversary, … strive to understand in communication