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Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Dorie Miller
The Washington Times ^ | January 18, 2020 | Mike Glenn

Posted on 01/18/2020 10:11:48 AM PST by re_tail20

One of the first U.S. heroes of World War II will be the namesake of one of America’s latest nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

On Monday, the Navy is expected to formally announce its decision to name a Ford-class aircraft carrier after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris “Dorie” Miller. He will be the first African-American to have an aircraft carrier named in his honor.

Petty Officer Miller also was the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while he was assigned to the U.S.S. West Virginia, a battleship.

According to the Navy’s official account, Petty Officer Miller, then 22, was collecting laundry that morning when the general quarters alarm sounded. He ran to his assigned battle station, an anti-aircraft gun ammunition magazine, only to discover it had been destroyed by a Japanese torpedo.

He began assisting his wounded shipmates when an officer told him to go to the bridge where the captain had been seriously wounded. Petty Officer Miller pulled the captain to safety while under fire then immediately ran to a nearby .50 caliber machine gun. Although not formally trained on the weapon, he was a quick study.

“It wasn’t hard. I just pulled the trigger and she worked fine,” Petty Officer Miller later told Navy officials.

He kept shooting until he heard the signal to abandon the now-sinking battleship.

Petty Officer Miller was personally decorated by Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander of the American fleet in the Pacific.

He continued to serve but didn’t survive the war. Petty Officer Miller was killed in November 1943 while assigned to the U.S.S. Liscome Bay, an escort carrier, when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during the Gilbert Islands Campaign...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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1 posted on 01/18/2020 10:11:48 AM PST by re_tail20
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To: re_tail20

I like that!


2 posted on 01/18/2020 10:13:00 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: re_tail20

Didn’t know he ended up dying in the war.


3 posted on 01/18/2020 10:13:57 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: re_tail20

Should have been done a long time ago. Glad he’s being recognized finally.


4 posted on 01/18/2020 10:15:17 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: re_tail20
Who gives a rat's hindquarters what his race is! There were clearly many,many Sailors and Marines who served heroically on that day and Petty Officer Miller was one of them.

This old Army guy thinks it's outstanding that one of those brave men has been so honored.

5 posted on 01/18/2020 10:21:54 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: dp0622

U.S.S. Liscombe Bay was a CVE; combustible, vulnerable, and explosive. She became a mushroom cloud.


6 posted on 01/18/2020 10:24:40 AM PST by forgotten man
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To: mass55th

He had another ship names after him, retired the ship in 91.


7 posted on 01/18/2020 10:35:14 AM PST by rstrahan
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Thanks for that info. I’m glad he’s being honored again.


8 posted on 01/18/2020 10:47:03 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: re_tail20

I thought the Navy only named carriers after presidents.

Not that I have a problem with it. At least it isn’t hussein, or some other affirmative action BS.


9 posted on 01/18/2020 10:47:45 AM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: re_tail20

Link to the story: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/navy-name-aircraft-carrier-doris-dorie-miller-pear/


10 posted on 01/18/2020 10:59:09 AM PST by Rocky
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To: re_tail20

I got chills reading this story. Glad he will be remembered like this.


11 posted on 01/18/2020 11:01:10 AM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: re_tail20
I wish they would go back to naming capital ships after STATES. We after all, are paying for them.

USS Arizona, West Virginia, and Oklahoma should go to the front of the line.

12 posted on 01/18/2020 11:01:10 AM PST by Salvavida
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To: wastedyears

Stennis, Nimitz, America off the top of my head...


13 posted on 01/18/2020 11:14:33 AM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: Manly Warrior

ENTERPRISE


14 posted on 01/18/2020 11:30:58 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: re_tail20

Hear! Hear!

Capitol ships should be named after brave Sailors, Marines and key battles.


15 posted on 01/18/2020 11:37:18 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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Excellent!

Although I think very shortly we will be hearing this from the media described as just another form of racism...

16 posted on 01/18/2020 11:37:36 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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I’m of the opinion that naming a destroyer after him would be more appropriate. The current naming convention does call for CVs to be named for presidents. But I guess it’s better than naming it after William J Clinton.


17 posted on 01/18/2020 11:46:00 AM PST by GMMC0987
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A Brave man—honored BUT—It should be a DE and not a carrier. They should be named after Presidents. We have loads of great presidents to use—like Jefferson, Grant, Madison, Taylor, Truman, Adams, etc... We were naming Boomers after states but—I would like to see Battleships return and name them after states. Armed with rail guns, drones, nukes, they could be an asset in naval war. Or maybe bring back Monitors with rail guns—named after Indian Tribes.


18 posted on 01/18/2020 12:00:08 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: GMMC0987

If O—— was still in charge we’d have the sailor that saved the Captain and the captain’s husband, being named.


19 posted on 01/18/2020 12:13:40 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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"ENTERPRISE"

Um, I think that's a Starship....

20 posted on 01/18/2020 1:11:54 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again".)
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