Doris Miller was stationed on the USS ‘West Virginia' when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Despite being prohibited from gunnery ...

Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II and a native of Fredericksburg, pins the Navy Cross on Doris "Dorie" Miller, a hero of the attack on Pearl Harbor and a ...

Doris "Dorie" Miller, a Black sailor who served at Pearl Harbor, saved lives, shot down planes. Miller manned a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack, despite lacking formal training, and ...

At 7:57 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Doris Miller was collecting laundry aboard the USS West Virginia when the call to battle ...

Dante Brizill, teacher and author, tells us more about Dorie Miller, a hero who fought bravely during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and previews a special program.

Dec. 7, 2024, marks the 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a day etched in the annals of American history. Amid the chaos of that fateful day, a young African American Navy mess attendant ...

Williams, 25, encouraged the audience to carry on the spirit of the school and its namesake, Doris "Dorie" Miller, a Navy mess attendant aboard the USS West Virginia who manned an anti-aircraft ...

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 ...