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 ...

USS John F. Kennedy and USS Enterprise carrier deliveries delayed due to Advanced Arresting Gear issues and supply chain ...

The U.S. Navy’s new Ford-class aircraft carriers, the largest warships ever built, are a paradox of immense power and deep-seated problems. -Plagued by staggering costs of nearly $13 billion per ship ...

Doris Miller has yet to receive the Navy’s highest award, the Medal of Honor. Mr. Miller’s family and friends have fought for decades to convince the Navy to award Doris Miller with the Medal ...

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 ...

Sunday morning December 7, 1941 Doris “Dorie” Miller the son of Texas sharecroppers and the grandson of slaves, was a lowly mess attendant turned gunner who emerged as a Pearl Harbor Hero.

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.

Doris Miller family member Desare Ray Allen lays a wreath at the base of Miller’s statue Wednesday during the Pearl Harbor Day ceremony. Rod Aydelotte photos, Tribune-Herlad ...

Dorie Miller insisted on going back to sea after the Pearl Harbor attack. On Nov. 24, 1943, his new ship, the USS Liscome Bay, was torpedoed and sank near the Gilbert Islands.

About 3,700 miles from Austin, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a 22-year-old man from Waco named Doris Miller – nicknamed Dorie, a cook on the USS West Virginia – heard the alarm as several hundred ...

The Doris Miller Memorial on the banks of the Brazos River in downtown Waco honors a native son who served at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.. The memorial, not far from the historic Waco Suspension ...

Since it was constructed in 1944, Doris "Dorie" Miller Auditorium, named for the World War II hero, has witnessed events happy, sad and, in some cases, jubilant, such as this "Rosewood N The Park ...