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To: M. Espinola

I agree one heck of a post. I have a question though;
Has there been an effort to upgrade Miller's medal to the Medal of Honor? It seems to me that he would qualify for it. Any comments would be welcome.


9 posted on 12/07/2004 7:10:37 AM PST by TMSuchman (American by birth,rebel by choice, MARINE BY GOD!)
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To: TMSuchman
http://www.worldwariihistory.info/Medal-of-Honor/Pearl-Harbor.html

Link: Medal-of-Honor/Pearl-Harbor.

If Dorie Miller meets the qualifications of the others awarded the Medal of Honor, by all means he must also be awarded.

Additional photos of Dorie Miller:

Doris Miller, Mess Attendant Second Class, USN Receives the Navy Cross from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, at an awards ceremony held on the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 1942. The medal was awarded for heroism on board USS West Virginia (BB-48) during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941.

Lieutenant Commander Clarence W. McClusky, Jr., USN, Air Group Commander, USS Enterprise (CV-6) Receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, at an awards ceremony held on the Enterprise's flight deck at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 1942. In the foreground, right, is Mess Attendant Second Class Doris Miller, who received the Navy Cross.

Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN Speaking during a visit to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, on 7 January 1943. He is wearing the Navy Cross medal, awarded for heroism during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941.

(He should have be given a far higher rank.)

Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN Talking with three other sailors and a civilian, during his visit to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, 7 January 1943. He is wearing the Navy Cross medal, awarded for heroism during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941.

In the early 1940's these Americans we fighting two wars. USS Miller (DE-1091; later FF-1091), 1973-199_ USS Miller, a 3963-ton Knox class escort ship, was built at Westwego, Louisiana. Commissioned in June 1973, her active service was performed with the Atlantic Fleet, including deployments to the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Persian Gulf and the Black Sea. In July 1975, she was reclassified as a frigate and designated FF-1091. Miller transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in January 1982, and thereafter was employed in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas. She decommissioned in October 1991 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995. She is currently being retained for eventual sale to a foreign navy.

USS Miller was named in honor of Cook Third Class Doris Miller (1919-1943), who won the Navy Cross for heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

79 posted on 12/07/2004 10:09:54 AM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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