boitumelo Posted December 5, 2011 Report Posted December 5, 2011 DECEMBER 7,1941,WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED.DORIE MILLER WAS THERE...HE MANNED A 50 CALIBER BROWNING ANTI AIR CRAFT MACHINE GUN..HE SAID HE THINKS HE GOT ONE JAPANESE PLANE...DORIE MILLER WAS GIVEN THE NAVY CROSS..WERE THERE OTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS THERE, AND DELIBERATELY NOT MENTIONED/WE HAVE TO REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR OWN.......1941 DECEMBER 7, WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED.......
ironsmith Posted December 9, 2011 Report Posted December 9, 2011 Thank you Dorie Miller and to those who served
Cynique Posted December 9, 2011 Report Posted December 9, 2011 Back then, The Navy was very prejudiced. All Blacks could be were cooks and stewards so not a lot of them joined this branch of the military. Dorie Miller was a cook but during all of the chaos on that fateful day, he grabbed a machine gun and just started firing, although he was not a trained gunner.
ironsmith Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 Yeah, he is even featured on the Pearl Harbor Movie, great played by Cuba Gooding Jr.
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