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Efforts To Retain Name On Aircraft Carrier For W.Va. Cook, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, many West Virginians may not remember the name Doris “Dorie” Miller, but he served on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor. Miller was a cook and had never been trained to fight on the warship. But on the morning of Dec. 7, he raced to the deck, manned a machine gun and engaged the enemy, shooting down at least one enemy airplane. He was later awarded the Navy Cross, the first Black man to receive the honor.
The U.S. Navy commissioned a new aircraft carrier, CVN-81, and chose to name it after Miller, but stories have surfaced recently of…
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