JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville artist Chris Clark paints a portrait of Doris “Dorie” Miller as retired Master Chief Mack Ellis shares the story of the first African American to earn the Navy Cross ...

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 ...

On National Medal of Honor Day, Congressman Kweisi Mfume introduced two bills to honor African American World War II hero Doris “Dorie” Miller, who bravely manned an anti-aircraft gun during the Pearl ...

Mess Attendant Doris “Dorie” Miller manned an anti-aircraft gun and downed enemy planes during Pearl Harbor despite a lack of training by the Navy. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today (March 25) ...

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 ...

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was doing laundry below deck of the battleship USS West Virginia, yet another in an endless series of menial tasks to which he ...

Michigan members of Congress, veterans groups and others are continuing to fight for the first Black sailor to win the Navy Cross to now be awarded the nation's highest honor for valor, the Medal of ...

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 ...

Doris Miller saved a number of lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor. | NH 80-G-408456 courtesy of the Naval History & Heritage Command On the morning of December 7, 1941, Mess Attendant 2nd Class ...