When Doris “Dorie” Miller fired at Japanese fighters with an anti-aircraft gun during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he wasn’t just protecting his ship and crew — he also paved ...

Miller was born in Waco, Texas – and his first name was actually Doris. Doris "Dorie" Miller. The name, said Haven, came from Miller's mother: "Grandmother thought she was having a girl.

The US Navy will name a new aircraft carrier after Doris “Dorie” Miller, a decorated African American World War II veteran who defended Pearl Harbor during the 1941 attack on the Hawaii naval ...

Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, pins Navy Cross on Doris "Dorie" Miller, at ceremony on board the USS Enterprise on May 27, 1942.(Courtesy / National Archives ...

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. As Japanese aircraft pummeled ...

That’s right, his first name was Doris; but to friends and anyone wishing to avoid his wrath, it had better be Dorie. An African American born in Waco, Texas, in 1919, he worked the fields of ...

As Pearl Harbor Day approaches, we remember Doris "Dorie" Miller, a hero whose name was given to a center in Rosewood Park. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper ...

Doris “Dorie” Miller was never supposed to be a hero on Dec. 7, 1941. That was by design. The U.S. Navy of the World War II era judged African American men by the color of their skin, not the ...

Dorie Miller and I were classmates in swimming in Norfolk, Va. And this was a big gentleman. He was a huge man, about 6’2”, 225 – 235 pounds – but the nicest guy that you ever want to meet.

Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller receives the Navy Cross from Adm. Chester W. Nimitz at a ceremony held on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 1942.