save his fellow crewmates. you can t ask for much more sacrifice than that. reporter: neal holley telling us it s an honor. i m proud to be working on the doris miller. we know that the sailors are going to be proud of what we just built. up to 65,000 tons of steel from pennsylvania, indiana and north carolina. hi, david. reporter: welding foreman, jessica rosser. my original connection with doris miller was the fact that he was someone that looked like me. reporter: and tonight here, doris miller s family. hi, david. reporter: thomas and emrys bledsoe, his great nephew and great-great nephew. the naming of the new aircraft carrier after our great uncle, doris miller, means a lot to our family and to his legacy. reporter: salena miller james, his great niece. to have the uss carrier named after him, our family is just absolutely speechless. the uss doris miller, and we salute him. thank you for watching. and we r