Breaking: USN to announce their 4th Ford-class aircraft carrier to be named after Dorie Miller
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A Black Hero's Courage Under Fire: The history of Doris Miller, who earned the Navy Cross for heroism during the Pearl Harbor attack. The Navy plans to name its fourth Ford-class carrier after Miller in a Monday ceremony.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2016/february/black-heros-courage-under-fire?fbclid=IwAR3TS1ukC4Lpl3b3lfuR8HbLxxgjMEjDsKMjq4yJg-rewAzwTltiHv78iLg …
12:22 PM - Jan 18, 2020
OUTSTANDING choice! Finally, they name a carrier after a bonafide HERO!
Doris “Dorie” Miller was a mess attendant (one of the only jobs then available to black sailors) on board the USS West Virginia, which was moored at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 when Japanese bombers attacked. Miller tended to the mortally wounded captain before manning a .50-caliber machine gun and firing at enemy planes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Miller
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You mean, unlike:
The:
JFK
Kennedy's military decorations and awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; Purple Heart Medal; American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three 3?16" bronze stars; and the World War II Victory Medal.
Eisenhower
U.S. Military Decorations:
Bronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf cluster Army Distinguished Service Medal w/ 4 oak leaf clusters
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
U.S. Service Medals
Mexican Border Service Medal
World War I Victory Medal
American Defense Service Medal
Silver star Bronze star Bronze star
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/ 7 campaign stars
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal w/ "Germany" clasp
National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 service star
Nimitz
Submarine Warfare insignia
Navy Distinguished Service Medal with three gold stars
U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Lifesaving Medal
World War I Victory Medal with Secretary of the Navy Commendation Star
American Defense Service Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
National Defense Service Medal with service star
Philippine Medal of Valor
War Cross with Palm (French: Croix de Guerre Avec Palme)
Theodore Roosevelt
In 2001, Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions;[101] he had been nominated during the war, but Army officials, annoyed at his grabbing the headlines, blocked it.
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Harry S. Truman
George H.W. Bush
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bush had flown 58 missions, completed 128 carrier landings, and recorded 1228 hours of flight time.
Gerald Ford
Ford received the following military awards: the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with nine 3?16" bronze stars (for operations in the Gilbert Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Marshall Islands, Asiatic and Pacific carrier raids, Hollandia, Marianas, Western Carolines, Western New Guinea, and the Leyte Operation), the Philippine Liberation Medal with two 3?16" bronze stars (for Leyte and Mindoro), and the World War II Victory Medal.
