Navy christens ship in honor of S.C. sailor

Charleston Post and Courier ^ | June 30, 2002 | Herb Frazier

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PASCAGOULA, MISS.

-A Beaufort, S.C., woman smashed a bottle of champagne Saturday on the gray bow of the USS Pinckney, a guided missile destroyer named in honor of her husband, a black sailor from South Carolina whose heroism during World War II saved a shipmate's life.

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Please follow link for rest of the story. Well worth reading. It would have been all too easy for William Pinckney to have been worried about saving himself and fleeing as soon as he could. However, he risked his own life to save another.

[general_re]

Bump.

[xJones]

While we're at it, here's another black sailor from WWII that could have a ship named after him Doris Miller.

Actually, he carried his dying captain to another location and then manned a machine gun, which he had no training for but then performed with great ability and courage during the attack.

I read his obituary a few years ago in the Dallas Morning News.

[xJones]

Read your own links, dummy. Miller did get a ship named after him: Commissioned on 30 June 1973, USS Miller (FF-1091), a Knox-class frigate, was named in honor of Doris Miller.

[cynicom]

Brand X...

Firstly, you aint no dummy.

Secondly. When one reads about such men, it makes you feel so insignificant. The conditions under which they served, would make most men turn to hatred. Under extremes, they were all brothers, war does have that effect.

[packrat35]

Excellent post. A real hero!

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Yes, I thought so too. It puts chill bumps along my arms when I read it. Thinking about the unjust situation the man faced and the fact that he didn't hesiatate to save a stranger.