Saturday, January 18, 2020

U.S. Navy To Name Its Next Aircraft Carrier After Pearl Harbor Hero Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris 'Dorie' Miller

The US Navy is expected to honor Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller (pictured), naming a new aircraft carrier after him

Daily Mail: USS Doris Miller: Navy to name new $13bn aircraft carrier after Pearl Harbor hero who manned machine gun to fight off Japanese aircraft and was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor

* The US Navy is to name new aircraft carrier after a World War II hero
* Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor in 1942
* The $13billion aircraft carrier will be the fourth of the new Gerald R. Ford-class supercarriers, and is scheduled to launch in 2027, and enter service in 2030
* Miller manned a machine gun on the USS West Virginia and returning fire against Japanese planes during the December 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
* Miller, then 22, was collecting laundry when the attack alarm sounded
* His normal battle station was destroyed by a torpedo so he went on deck and carried wounded soldiers to safety before manning a machine gun
* At the time an African American was not allowed to man a gun in the Navy
* The announcement is expected to be made at Pearl Harbor Monday, on Martin Luther King Junior Day
* Miller died on a ship that was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943

The US Navy is expected to honor a World War II hero when a new aircraft carrier is named for Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller.

The announcement is expected to be made at Pearl Harbor Monday, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Friday.

Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor.

Miller was recognized for manning a machine gun on the USS West Virginia and returning fire against Japanese planes during the December 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

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WNU Editor: I was surprised by this announcement. It is not everyday that a US Navy mess attendant 2nd Class gets an aircraft carrier named after him. But considering the man and what he did, you have to wonder why did it take the US Navy so long to honour him with this distinction.

More News On The U.S. Navy Naming Its Next Aircraft Carrier After Pearl Harbor Hero Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris 'Dorie' Miller

USS Doris Miller: Navy to name new $13bn aircraft carrier after Pearl Harbor hero who manned machine gun to fight off Japanese aircraft and was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor -- Daily Mail/AP
Next Ford-class Carrier to be Named After Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller -- USNI News
Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Dorie Miller -- Washington Times
Navy names aircraft carrier for Dorie Miller, black sailor from Waco and unlikely Pearl Harbor hero -- Dallas Morning News

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

My guess is they will use this aircraft carrier in hot waters and put more African Americans on it and then see if China dares :S ;) half kidding but there is some very cynical agenda you see sometimes

Anonymous said...

It seems more like a woke agenda than a genuine reason to honour a brave and courageous man. Politics certainly does have a way of spoiling things. Now I’m suspicious of everything.

Mr History said...

The navy tough very conservative among our military was more nearly integrated than the army (clearly because of the nature of ships), but at the time of Pearl Harbor, segregation was in full force in our nation. The armed forces integrated under Truman; the nation under LBJ...both of course Democrats. And though snark will no doubt follow this comment, FDR, a Dem was in charge of our nation in winning the war. The job finished by Truman, also a Democrat.

Anonymous said...

Squirrel,
You've got a new name. Very good, but that nut is still elusive.
Oh, brush up on what really happened before you pick your new.

Anonymous said...

The Navy was integrating in the last year maybe 2 years of the war.

It is about woke agenda. But lets look at it this way. No one expected Doris to man a machine gun given his rate. If he has simply ran to the docks or stayed below decks, no one would have thought twice about it.

They were not only bombing and torpedoing, but also strafing. So it was dangerous. With such command of the skies, individual points of resistance might have been noticeable as a irritant and piss off Japanese pilots.