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Doris "Dorie" Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second class aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, Miller helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then operated an anti-aircraft gun and, despite no prior training in gunnery, officially shot down one plane (according to Navy Department records), but Miller and other eyewitnesses claimed a range of four to six.

Miller received the Navy Cross from Admiral Chester Nimitz on May 27, 1942, but many sailors and naval officers believed that Miller's heroism deserved a Medal of Honor.[5] Miller was nominated for a Medal of Honor by a congressman from Michigan and a senator from New York, and the black press enthusiastically campaigned for Miller to receive this decoration. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, who opposed black sailors serving the United States in any combat role, recommended against Miller receiving the Medal of Honor.[6] No black sailor, soldier, or Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor between 1941 and 1945, and in 1996 Vernon J. Baker was the only black veteran of World War II to be awarded the decoration while still alive.

In June 1943, Miller was promoted to cook petty officer, third class. In November 1943, Miller was killed in action when his ship, the escort carrier Liscome Bay, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Makin in the Gilbert Islands, with the loss of 702 officers and sailors – the deadliest sinking of a carrier in the history of the United States Navy.

Frigate USS Miller (FF-1091) and aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) are named in honor of him.

Alex Falcone

Hawk

It won't be long before they can just give us a list of foods they haven't fucked up yet.

From the FDA website:

Amanda's Friday

Overheard

Big Ag companies finally got the de-regulation from their coin-operated politicians, but they couldn't play it cool, even for little while. They immediately went with, "Yeah - now that we're free of all that cumbersome safety monitoring, we're gonna fuck up your food with shit, pesticides, and various industrial materials like glass and heavy metals. And why do we do this? Because fuck you, that's why."

The USS Lincoln Problem

Boots are for feet - not to eat.

Aaron Parnas

Wait just a damned minute - I've got questions.

• Hegseth can't go anywhere without his mommy?
• Because he's never learned to self-regulate?
• What grade is that little prick in now?
• What in the blue-eyed, buck-naked fuck are we doing?

JoJo From Jerz

"...Trump's flowers-in-the-attic fluffer..."

Sarah Matthews Rebuts

Let's Do Debt