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Remember Pearl Harbor and Its Brave Responders
A Dec 7 1941 Pearl Harbor account recalls 16 days of tapping and rescue efforts. Doris Miller, West Virginia mess attendant, earned a Navy Cross for bravery as a Black serviceman, possibly shooting down four to six planes. The piece honors veterans and notes wartime unity, monument tributes, and presidents who served in WWII.
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U.S.S. West Virginia
Doris “Dorie” Miller
Miller
Doris Miller
Philippines
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Harry Truman
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Army
John F. Kennedy
George H.W. Bush
United States
Navy
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
U.S.S
Tennessee
America
West Virginia
Virginia
Free World
Pearl Harbor