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Doris Miller, the Naval Cook Who Became a Hero of Pearl Harbor
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he was not given the same opportunities that men of a different color were given to serve his country, but on december 7, 1941, he would not be defined by the prejudice of other people. reporter: what miller did that day has been dramatized in the movie pearl harbor, but congresswoman edie bernice johnson, who grew up hearing stories about dorie miller, explained what it meant. in the days of real segregation, a black man from my hometown stepped up to help save america. reporter: three of miller s nieces were at today s ceremony, one of them, brenda haven, told us what today would mean to his mother. she would be so honored to know that someone is caring about her son because he left this world thinking nobody did. reporter: the name of the ship won t erase decades of prejudice and cruelty, but modly
dubois: the navy made it official today. for the first time an aircraft carrier will be named for an african american. david martin on the hero who inspired a break in tradition. reporter: you ve heard the roll call of aircraft carriers, washington, lincoln, roosevelt, kennedy, almost all of them named for american presidents, but now there will be one called the u.s.s. doris miller. dorie deserved to be remembered and repeated wherever our people continue to stand watch today. reporter: at a ceremony, at pearl harbor acting navy secretary thomas modly, officially named the next carrier after the son of sharecropper and the grandson of slaves who served in the segregated navy of world war ii, which did not allow him to handle weapons.
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