The Awesome Dorie Miller Portrait

     Dorie Miller was a third class mess attendant. He was a member of the USS West Virginia on the battle at Pearl Harbor. His ship was attacked by Japanese fighter pilots and he saved his captain. He took an unmanned gun and shot at least one of the the Japanese fighter jets down. He was a true hero he did not leave the gun until someone told him to leave. That is a true hero and on May 1942 he was awarded the Navy Cross. Dorie Miller died in 1943 on the Liscome Bay which none of the passengers on board lived. Dorie Miller is still remembered today and always will be remembered. The painting was made in 1943 and the artist is David Stone Martin.

Dorie Miller Portrait

Dorie Miller was born in Waco, Texas.  He joined the Navy as a third class Mess Attendant.  During the attack on Pearl Harbor, when the U.S.S. West Virginia, was shot at he immediately went into action.  He came up from his spot in the Mess Hall, and carried his injured captain to safety, manned a gun, along with shooting down at least one enemy plane.  Due to his heroics, he was awarded the Navy Cross in May of 1942.  In 1943, when the Liscome Bay went down, so did he.  His legacy helped to increase the African American moral, and the amount of African Americans in the military.

Year Made: 1943

Artist: David Stone Martin    

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       Our class is named after Dorie Miller a World War II Hero.  Dorie Miller was born in Waco, Texas on October 12, 1919.   He attended Moore High School and was a fullback for the football team.  On September 16, 1939, he he enlisted in the United States Navy as a Mess Attendant, so he could earn money and travel.  He was a Mess Attendant on the USS Pyro and he was a boxing champion on the USS Virginia.  During the Pearl Harbor attack, he was assigned to carry wounded soldiers to safety.  He also aided the Captain of the ship, and manned a fifty caliber Browning anti-aircraft machine gun.  On May 27, 1942, he received the Navy Cross.  More than a year later, a Japanese torpedo shot the Liscome Bay (the ship he was on) on November 24, 1943 sinking the ship.  A year and a day later on November 25, 1944 he was officially presumed dead.  He is significant because he was the first African American to get the Navy Cross.  He is appropriate for this class because he went above and beyond no matter what, just like this class.