Miller, who had begged his widowed mother to let him enlist in the Navy after graduating from East Aurora High School at age ...

The United States’ newest aircraft carrier isn’t named after a president this time but after Waco native and World War II hero Doris Miller, the first black sailor to receive the Navy Cross ...

Good things come to those who wait, and admirers of Waco’s own World War II hero, Doris Miller, must wait until 2026 to see his Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier “laid down” at a ...

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 ... as the United States military did ...

The Navy Times ... aircraft carrier USS Liscomb Bay. In 1943, Miller’s ship was hit by a Japanese torpedo and sank. His body was never recovered. In 2020, the remarkable story of Doris Miller ...

Amid the chaos of that fateful day, a young African American Navy mess attendant named Doris Miller exhibited ... Therefore, the time to act is now. Let us honor Miller’s heroism, embrace ...

A wartime poster shows Doris ... pinned the Navy Cross on him. Miller returned to the United States to bolster war bond tours, but on Nov. 24, 1943, he was serving on the escort carrier Liscome ...

The United States ... Doris Miller was an African American sailor who fought attacking Japanese forces during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, for which he was awarded the Navy ...

Too Expensive: The U.S. Navy’s commitment ... Nimitz-class aircraft carriers on a one-for-one basis. “The dual construction of Enterprise (CVN 80) and Doris Miller (CVN 81) is enabled by ...

Aircraft carriers have been around since 1922. Sort of. Technically, the first US carrier ... on yet another Ford-class carrier, the USS Doris Miller, sometime in 2026.