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24. Miller was a cook, a 'messman': from NPR article posted above:

Tue Dec 29, 2020, 02:01 AM

Dec 2020

(NPR).. Miller was a 22-year-old mess attendant on the USS West Virginia. At the time, black sailors were consigned to roles in the messman branch — work that entailed swabbing decks, cooking and shining officers' shoes... For his bravery, Miller was presented with the Navy Cross in May 1942. He was the first black sailor to be awarded the medal, one of the Navy's highest honors...

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Sailor Doris Miller, WWII Pearl Harbor Hero To Have 2nd Ship Named After Him By US Navy [View all] appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

K&R Blue Owl Dec 2020 #1

My dad told me about him when I was a little girl CatWoman Dec 2020 #2

That's great. I hope more people learn about Miller, others. appalachiablue Dec 2020 #3

I hope his family KT2000 Dec 2020 #4

Recognition at last. burrowowl Dec 2020 #5

Recognition at last? gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #7

Another one? billh58 Dec 2020 #12

sword and shield an aircraft carrier named after burrowowl Dec 2020 #22

agree better than gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #25

Bravo! Skeptical Thomas Dec 2020 #6

Had he been white, the award may have been the MOH Chainfire Dec 2020 #8

Probably not gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #9

Medals are given billh58 Dec 2020 #11

"above and beyond the call of duty" gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #13

Some actions stand out billh58 Dec 2020 #14

Not disparaging Miller's award gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #15

See ya... n/t billh58 Dec 2020 #16

Are/Were you in the Air Force? n/t angstlessk Dec 2020 #19

No Twenty Five years in the U.S. Navy gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #20

As a vet llashram Dec 2020 #10

Fully deserved billh58 Dec 2020 #17

IIRC ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #18

And I believe he was a cook CatWoman Dec 2020 #21

Miller was a cook, a 'messman': from NPR article posted above: appalachiablue Dec 2020 #24

A true hero MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #23