A black American was not allowed to man a gun in the Navy in 1941, Doreen Ravenscroft, a team leader for the Doris Miller Memorial, said, as The Associated Press reported.

Doris "Dorie" Miller, the grandson of slaves and lowly a mess attendant became a Pearl Harbor hero, the first African American to earn the Navy Cross.

Doris “Dorie” Miller was never supposed to be a hero on Dec. 7, 1941. That was by design. The U.S. Navy of the World War II era judged African American men by the color of their skin, not the ...

A future U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will be named after Doris Miller, who was serving as a ship's cook during the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.

The US Navy will name a new aircraft carrier after Doris “Dorie” Miller, a decorated African American World War II veteran who defended Pearl Harbor during the 1941 attack on the Hawaii naval ...