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.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, and Waco native Doris Miller emerged as an American hero. Assigned as a mess ...