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Doris Miller went from Mess Attendant to ‘Hero of Pearl Harbor’ 🛳 Combat Ships | Smithsonian Channel

On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Down below the decks of the USS West Virginia, an African-American mess attendant by the name of “Dorie” Miller found himself thr...

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