WACO, Texas (KWTX) - 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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Dec. 7, 1941, fell on a Sunday, and many people in Austin – with a population of about 88,000 at the time – were enjoying a leisurely afternoon when the first bulletins came ...

The generation that lived through World War II needs no reminder of Pearl Harbor Day. Dec. 7, 1941, is burned into the minds of older Americans, just as Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, are for ...

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. Nearly two years later, at ...

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 Life of Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller Background Born in Waco, Texas on October 12, 1919. Son of Connery and Henrietta Miller.

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.

BREMERTON, Wash. — Doris Miller awoke before dawn and was gathering laundry aboard the USS West Virginia on a December morning 80 years ago when alarms rang out. As Japanese aircraft pummeled ...

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.

Around the same time it got to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, so did Doris Miller. Miller, who had gotten to spend time with family in Waco one last time, arrived at the Puget Sound Navy Yard on ...