BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History
Doris Dorie Miller
On December 7, 1941, Japanese War Planes Attacked Pearl Harbor.
Doris "Dorie" Miller, A Black Navy Mess Attendant Aboard The USS Arizona, Ran On Deck And Manned A Machine Gun.
With No Previous Gun Training, He Shot Down Four Enemy Planes Before Being Ordered To Abandon Ship.
Miller Was Awarded The Navy Cross For His Extraordinary Courage.The 24 Year-Old Sailor Was Then Sent On Tour In African American Communities To Help Sell war Bonds.
He Went Back Into The Navy Again, As A Mess Attendant, And Was Stationed On An Aircraft Carrier In The Pacific.
In 1943, The Liscombe Bay Was Hit By A Japanese Torpedo. All On Board Were Killed, Including Dorie Miller, The First Hero Of World War II.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
Hugh Gaddy
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On December 7, 1941, Japanese War Planes Attacked Pearl Harbor.
Doris "Dorie" Miller, A Black Navy Mess Attendant Aboard The USS Arizona, Ran On Deck And Manned A Machine Gun.
With No Previous Gun Training, He Shot Down Four Enemy Planes Before Being Ordered To Abandon Ship.
Miller Was Awarded The Navy Cross For His Extraordinary Courage.The 24 Year-Old Sailor Was Then Sent On Tour In African American Communities To Help Sell war Bonds.
He Went Back Into The Navy Again, As A Mess Attendant, And Was Stationed On An Aircraft Carrier In The Pacific.
In 1943, The Liscombe Bay Was Hit By A Japanese Torpedo. All On Board Were Killed, Including Dorie Miller, The First Hero Of World War II.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
Hugh Gaddy
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While my husband was stationed in Hawaii, we stood on the memoral of the USS Arizona. I must say that it is a weired experience to be told that the names that we were readig on a plaque were of those who died on this ship and have never been brought up from off this ship were we were standing on at this time...