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1 posted on 01/18/2020 10:11:48 AM PST by re_tail20
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CSV Cuba Gooding JR.


24 posted on 01/18/2020 2:48:31 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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I'm confused. I started reading this article to get an idea of his heroism. His actions appear to have been to assist wounded and then to fire at Japanese aircraft with a machine gun.

Did no one else on this ship do that? Did no one else on any of the other ships do that?

Call me stupid, but I would have thought every man able on every ship would have done that.

Is what he did extraordinary? I would have thought it would have been the norm for hundreds of men on those ships.

Maybe I just don't get it and maybe there is more to the story. If Chester Nimitz Decorated him, he must have done something above and beyond the call of duty, and perhaps the article isn't conveying it well enough for me to see it.

Yes, apparently i'm that guy.

25 posted on 01/18/2020 3:26:57 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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