Monday morning the Stracke auditorium at the Doris Miller Veterans Affairs Medical Center was filled with active military, veterans, and family members for their annual memorial day ceremony.

About 3,700 miles from Austin, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a 22-year-old man from Waco named Doris Miller – nicknamed Dorie, a cook on the USS West Virginia – heard the alarm as several hundred ...

As Pearl Harbor Day approaches, we remember Doris "Dorie" Miller, a hero whose name was given to a center in Rosewood Park ...

A native of Waco, Miller was hailed as a hero in Texas. Adm. Chester Nimitz, a native of Texas and commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, pinned the Navy Cross on him.

Dorie Miller, a Waco native, became the first African American to receive the Navy Cross, the highest honor from that branch of service, for his actions at Pearl Harbor.

At Waco's Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony Thursday, Doris Miller's family members called for a letter-writing campaign to President Biden to encourage the Medal of Honor for their "Uncle Dorie." ...

The Navy recently commissioned an aircraft carrier to be named after Doris Miller, and the town of Waco, Texas recently unveiled a riverside memorial. Doris Miller has yet to receive the Navy’s ...

Another funeral service will be held in Waco, Texas at 1:00 on Friday, July 8, 2022 at Pleasant Olive Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Doris Miller Cemetery, Waco, Texas.

A husband and wife team has purchased Doris Miller Memorial Park in Bellmead with plans to improve the maintenance and standardize the look of the perpetual care cemetery.

The soft-spoken Texan never wanted the spotlight, but his actions at Pearl Harbor inspired generations of Black people in the Navy who followed him.

Doris Miller, a Black sailor from Waco, was one of the first American heroes of World War II. His actions on Dec. 7, 1941, earned him a medal, though he almost didn’t receive it due to his race.