Doris Miller was raised on a farm outside Waco. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, as the military was still segregated, he was a mess attendant assigned to laundry duty. When the attack happened, without any gun training, he shot down Japanese planes and carried his commander to safety.
@cnn.comThe US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and there have been internal conversations about renaming it to honor President Trump, sources say. https://cnn.it/4hFq6a6
