GOV/MIL U.S. Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier After Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller

[Ragnarok]

The U.S. Navy is planning to name an aircraft carrier after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first black man to receive the Navy cross for valor.

The Navy expects to make the announcement on Monday at Pearl Harbor, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

Miller was honored for using a machine gun on the USS West Virginia to return fire against airplanes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The 22-year-old Miller was collecting laundry when the attack alarm went off. A torpedo destroyed his usual battle station so he went on deck to carry wounded sailors to safety before he received orders to aid the severely wounded captain.

“He subsequently manned a 50-cal. Browning anti-aircraft machine gun until he ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship,” the Navy said, adding that Miller was not trained to use the gun.

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, the head of the Pacific Fleet, gave the Navy cross to Miller in May 1942 in Pearl Harbor.

Miller died after a Japanese submarine torpedoed the ship he was serving on in November 1943.

The USS Miller, a destroyer escort, has also been named in his honor.

“I think that Doris Miller is an American hero simply because of what he represents as a young man going beyond the call of what’s expected,” said Doreen Ravenscroft, a team leader for the Doris Miller Memorial.

Ravenscroft said Miller’s story was so extraordinary because a black man was not allowed to use a gun in the military in 1941.

“Without him really knowing, he actually was a part of the Civil Rights movement because he changed the thinking in the Navy,” Ravenscroft said.

Two of Miller’s nieces will be on hand to hear the announcement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this Monday.

Naming an aircraft carrier after an enlisted sailor is a departure from the trend of naming aircraft carriers after U.S. presidents and members of Congress.

“Aircraft carriers are generally named for past U.S. presidents. Of the past 14, 10 were named for past U.S. presidents, and two for members of Congress,” according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.

U.S. Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier After Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller

The U.S. Navy is planning to name an aircraft carrier after Doris Miller, the first black man to receive the Navy cross for valor.

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[JF&P]

Semper Fi....I couldn't agree more!

 

[Nowski]

The U.S. Navy is planning to name an aircraft carrier after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first black man to receive the Navy cross for valor.

The Navy expects to make the announcement on Monday at Pearl Harbor, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

Miller was honored for using a machine gun on the USS West Virginia to return fire against airplanes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The 22-year-old Miller was collecting laundry when the attack alarm went off. A torpedo destroyed his usual battle station so he went on deck to carry wounded sailors to safety before he received orders to aid the severely wounded captain.

“He subsequently manned a 50-cal. Browning anti-aircraft machine gun until he ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship,” the Navy said, adding that Miller was not trained to use the gun.

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, the head of the Pacific Fleet, gave the Navy cross to Miller in May 1942 in Pearl Harbor.

Miller died after a Japanese submarine torpedoed the ship he was serving on in November 1943.

The USS Miller, a destroyer escort, has also been named in his honor.

“I think that Doris Miller is an American hero simply because of what he represents as a young man going beyond the call of what’s expected,” said Doreen Ravenscroft, a team leader for the Doris Miller Memorial.

Ravenscroft said Miller’s story was so extraordinary because a black man was not allowed to use a gun in the military in 1941.

“Without him really knowing, he actually was a part of the Civil Rights movement because he changed the thinking in the Navy,” Ravenscroft said.

Two of Miller’s nieces will be on hand to hear the announcement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this Monday.

Naming an aircraft carrier after an enlisted sailor is a departure from the trend of naming aircraft carriers after U.S. presidents and members of Congress.

“Aircraft carriers are generally named for past U.S. presidents. Of the past 14, 10 were named for past U.S. presidents, and two for members of Congress,” according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.

U.S. Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier After Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller

The U.S. Navy is planning to name an aircraft carrier after Doris Miller, the first black man to receive the Navy cross for valor.

www.breitbart.com

All of us former US Navy sailors, know what Doris Miller
did that day.

He gave hope to the sailors at Pearl Harbour that day,
as they were being attacked by the Japanese.

To see someone fight back, he stood tall on that infamous day.
He was an American after all, and he was proud to be one,
and he said afterwards, that his shipmates were being attacked,
although not trained to man a 50 cal. he had seen it in operation,
and he put the 50 cal into operation.

Last year, I met a sailor here in my AO, who was wearing a USS Miller
ball cap. I remember saluting him, and he returned my salute.
As I walked on, I remembered how that tin can got its name.

Sometimes our nation, as screwed up as it is now,
does something great, and this is one of those times.

Please be safe everyone.

Regards to all.

Nowski

 

[TheSearcher]

Outstanding.

 

[Lone_Hawk]

As a former Navy sailor, I applaud this decision. Not only is it honoring one of the many sailors that have stood in harm's way, it is also another indication of the excellent changes that our President is making for the good of the country.

 

[tanstaafl]

Pearl Harbor trivia: A TV program I saw said a PT boat was the first to shoot down a Japanese plane during the Pearl Harbor attack. Depending on how you define it (since technically the US didn't declare war on Japan until the following day, December 8th, but the attack itself was clearly the start of open hostilities on a large scale), you could argue that PT boat was the first US asset to shoot down the first Japanese plane of World War 2. I guess if you were a Japanese pilot targeting the big ships then little things like PT boats probably weren't really even part of your situational awareness.

 

[Texican]

It is outstanding that the US Navy is recognizing a Pearl Harbor Hero again....

Mr. Doris Miller deserves the recognition....

Texican....

 

[Normallguy]

That's an excellent way to name a ship!
Someone to truly honor, respect and look up to.
An American.

 

[NoDandy]

All of us former US Navy sailors, know what Doris Miller
did that day.

He gave hope to the sailors at Pearl Harbour that day,
as they were being attacked by the Japanese.

To see someone fight back, he stood tall on that infamous day.
He was an American after all, and he was proud to be one,
and he said afterwards, that his shipmates were being attacked,
although not trained to man a 50 cal. he had seen it in operation,
and he put the 50 cal into operation.

Last year, I met a sailor here in my AO, who was wearing a USS Miller
ball cap. I remember saluting him, and he returned my salute.
As I walked on, I remembered how that tin can got its name.

Sometimes our nation, as screwed up as it is now,
does something great, and this is one of those times.

Please be safe everyone.

Regards to all.

Nowski

A Great American !!!

 

[CTFIREBATTCHIEF]

Now this has put a smile on my face today! An excellent choice.

 

[Illini Warrior]

if someone in the Navy would like to eliminate Harvey Milk as a ship name >>> I wouldn't object

 

[Dozdoats]

Sometimes even the Navy gets it right.

 

[ArisenCarcass]

IDK.
I see this as just another SJW measure.
In the first sentence it states that CS2 Miller was the first black American to receive the Navy Cross for valor. It also says that Mr. Miller already had a ship named for him.

How many other non-PoCs received a valor award and exemplified the core values of the Navy, but don't have even one ship named for them, because of their lighter skintone?

Departure from tradition is not usually a good thing and just further signifies our failing society.
I agree that it is better than another "Harvey Milk," but that doesn't take a whole lot.

 

[NoDandy]

IDK.
I see this as just another SJW measure.
In the first sentence it states that CS2 Miller was the first black American to receive the Navy Cross for valor. It also says that Mr. Miller already had a ship named for him.

How many other non-PoCs received a valor award and exemplified the core values of the Navy, but don't have even one ship named for them, because of their lighter skintone?

Departure from tradition is not usually a good thing and just further signifies our failing society.
I agree that it is better than another "Harvey Milk," but that doesn't take a whole lot.

I understand what you are saying, I am just glad the ship is not being named the USS Maxine Waters !!

 

[Reasonable Rascal]

I do not belittle the man's role, but the ultimate in capital ships is just that: the ultimate. Better we should return to Revolutionary battles and effective presidents (imagine of you will the pain 40 years from now when there STILL isn't a CVN Obama in the fleet, and none planned.

The man deserves better than a DE, but a CVN? Frigates were normally reserved for naval heroes, and he deserves one. There is no more Great White Fleet (which had literally nothing to do with race) so hence, no more battleships or cruisers. Thus the frigate is the next in line. Give him one, the FFG Doris Miller.

RR

 

[MinnesotaSmith]

if someone in the Navy would like to eliminate Harvey Milk as a ship name >>> I wouldn't object

A Chinese hypersonic missile will likely do that for you one day, if its officers can manage to pilot it out of port without colliding with an immobile object and sinking.

 

[Anti-Liberal]

I say they just announce (with no plans of doing so) that the next carrier be named USS TRUMP !!!!

Just to see all the snowflakes go BAT SHIT !!!!!

 

[TerryK]

USS Doris Miller launched 1972 decommissioned 1991

It is unusual to commission 2 ships after the same person, but this might be good gambit for Trump to get more black votes.

If you've seen the movie Pearl Harbor, you saw Cuba Gooding Jr playing Miller.
At that time blacks were not allowed to go into hardly any ratings in the Navy except mess specialist and orderlies and maybe boatswain's mate.
At the attack Miller went to his battle station midships and found it destroyed by a torpedo.
Went to the bridge where he helped the mortally wounded captain, carrying him to a safer place
He went to assist others manning guns and ended up on a 50cal by himself.
Kept shooting enemy planes until he ran out of ammo.
After that, Miller a former football player and heavyweight boxer carried numerous injured sailors to safety.
Two years later he was killed in action while aboard another ship that was torpedoed by a Japanese sub.
I have no problems with the Navy naming any damn ship they want after him.
Hell it's nice they gave an enlisted man the honor of naming a carrier after him.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmmk41JEUW0