We may earn a commission from links on this page. Doris Miller receives the Navy Cross from Adm. Chester W. Nimitz at an awards ceremony held on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor.

Doris Miller, a Waco-born World War II hero who sprung into action 77 years ago during the attack on Pearl Harbor by manning a machine gun and dragging his U.S. Navy captain and other shipmates to ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - A new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will be named in honor of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross, during a ceremony in Pearl ...

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In a break with convention, the U.S. Navy said Monday it was naming an aircraft carrier after Ship’s Cook Third Class Doris “Dorie” Miller, a humble, enlisted naval hero of no particular political ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Newport News Shipbuilding made its first cut of steel on Wednesday for the Navy’s newest nuclear aircraft carrier, the first carrier to be named for an African American.

In this, the first scholarly biography of “Dorie” Miller (1919-1943), professors Cutrer (Emeritus Arizona State) and Parrish (Baylor), give us an interesting account of the young hero’s life, ...

The project to build a riverside memorial to local Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller is shaping up to be something much bigger than a statue. Backers of the proposed $1 million memorial unveiled sketches ...