Dec 7, 1941, Doris "Dorie" Miller, a Black cook board the USS West Va, took over a machine gun; fired at Japanese planes during the attack at Pearl Harbor.
First Black man to be awarded Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the U.S. Navy...
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Dec 7, 1941, Doris "Dorie" Miller, a Black cook board the USS West Va, took over a machine gun; fired at Japanese planes during the attack at Pearl Harbor.
First Black man to be awarded Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the U.S. Navy...
🙏♥️🇺🇲