Our efforts bore fruit. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Corporal Freddie ...
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Doris Miller was doing laundry below decks of the USS West Virginia, a 32,600-ton Colorado-class battleship. During the battle, the USS West ...
Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On October 12, 1919, Doris Miller, a hero of Pearl Harbor, was born in Waco. He enlisted in the Navy in 1939, though discrimination limited Black servicemen to non-combat roles.
The Navy is honoring the popular slogan “Remember Pearl Harbor” by naming three submarines and an aircraft carrier after ships and a sailor linked to the Japanese attack that brought the United States ...