Doris "Dorie" Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) 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 manned an anti-aircraft gun and, despite no prior training in gunnery, officially shot down one plane (according to Navy Department records), but Miller and other eyewitnesses claimed a range of four to six.
Miller received the Navy Cross from Admiral Chester Nimitz on May 27, 1942, but many sailors and naval officers believed that Miller's heroism deserved a Medal of Honor. Miller was nominated for a Medal of Honor by a congressman from Michigan and a senator from New York, and the black press enthusiastically campaigned for Miller to receive this decoration. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, who opposed black sailors serving the United States in any combat role, recommended against Miller receiving the Medal of Honor. No black sailor, soldier, or Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor between 1941 and 1945, and in 1996 Vernon J. Baker was the only black veteran of World War II to be awarded the decoration while still alive.
In June 1943, Miller was promoted to Cook Petty Officer, Third Class. In November 1943, Miller was killed in action when his ship, the escort carrier Liscome Bay, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Makin in the Gilbert Islands, with the loss of 702 officers and sailors – the deadliest sinking of a carrier in the history of the United States Navy.
Frigate USS Miller (FF-1091) and aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) are named in honor of him.
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Date: 12 October 1919
D.W. GRIFFITH has come East to produce pictures, leaving the West Coast flat, or mountainous, as it may be. He arrived in New York last week and will begin work soon in his new studio at Orienta Point, Mamaroneck ...
Date: 12 October 1919
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Date: 12 October 1919
WITH the announcement that "A Young Man's Fancy" will be presented at the Playhouse this week there comes to light a peculiar turn of affairs in the world of the theatre. George C. Tyler, the producer of "A Young Man's Fancy," ...
Date: 12 October 1919
By Montrose J. Moses.bain News Service
Montrose Moses
HUGH WALPOLE, the young English novelist who has just arrived in New York, says there is danger of too much haste in our conclusions regarding Russia.
Date: 13 October 1919
State of war lifted by Presidential decree