Doris Miller was stationed on the USS 'West Virginia' when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Despite being prohibited from gunnery training due to his race, Miller ended up saving an untold number of lives.

A future U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will be named after Doris Miller, who was serving as a ship's cook during the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.

USS Doris Miller will honor a Black Pearl Harbor hero and key figure in the rise of the civil rights movement. Miller, a sharecropper's son from Waco, Texas, was 22 years old when he created history.

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 ...

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 ...

The generation that lived through World War II needs no reminder of Pearl Harbor Day. Dec. 7, 1941, is burned into the minds of older Americans, just as Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, are for ...

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 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 ...