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Post by oldcajun123 on Jan 19, 2020 10:04:22 GMT -5
Doris Miller, Black, Messman, Navy Cross pinned by Nimitz has an Aircraft Carrier named for him. For distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. While at the side of his Captain on the bridge, Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of a serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain, who had been mortally wounded, to a place of greater safety, and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge.[20] Long overdue but at least finally recongnation! Saw this in the news this morning.! !  |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jan 19, 2020 10:08:11 GMT -5
 Brave Man, killed 2 yrs after in Combat! |
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Post by toshtego on Jan 19, 2020 10:37:33 GMT -5
I read that article and was suitably impressed by Seaman Miller's devotion. Especially remarkable considering how the USN treated men of Color back then.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 19, 2020 11:07:34 GMT -5
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Post by toshtego on Jan 19, 2020 11:44:54 GMT -5
I agree that naming of a ship to honor this sailor is appropriate. I cannot say if it took too long. The Navy has come a long way from the 1940s when men of color were suitable only to be stewards. |
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Post by puffy on Jan 19, 2020 12:36:17 GMT -5
Shows that we show judge folks by their character instead of what they look like.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 19, 2020 19:41:38 GMT -5
You wouldn't know it from the news. "Race relations are worse than at any time since the Civil War"!
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