BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Dorie Miller: Hero of Pearl Harbor BEGIN:VEVENT UID:317092025-11-08 DTSTART:20251108T180000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251108T190000Z LOCATION:121 South Walnut Street\nMilford Delaware 19963 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=121 South Walnut Street\nMi lford Delaware 19963;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=121 South Walnut Street:geo :38.911704,-75.428161 GEO:38.911704;-75.428161 SUMMARY:Dorie Miller: Hero of Pearl Harbor CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a pro gram\ntitled Dorie Miller: Hero of Pearl Harbor presented by Dante Brizill \non Saturday\, November 8\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library in\nM ilford\, Delaware. Serving as a mess attendant aboard the USS West\nVirgin ia during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7\, 1941\, Miller\nhelped to move his mortally wounded captain to safety before taking\ncontrol of a m achine gun and returning fire at the attacking Japanese\naircraft. To hono r his bravery\, Miller was the first African American\nto be awarded the N avy Cross in 1942. He became an important figure\nfor civil rights and equ ality when his story was heavily publicized in\nthe black press. In 1943 M iller was killed in action when his ship\,\nthe escort carrier USS Liscome Bay\, was sunk by a torpedo. Miller has\nbeen honored with multiple names akes\, including the USS Miller\nfrigate\, the Doris “Dorie” Miller Me morial Park in Waco\, Texas\,\nand\, in 2020\, the aircraft carrier USS Do ris Miller (CVN-81).\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a program titled Dorie Miller: Hero of Pearl Harbor present ed by Dante Brizill on Saturday\, November 8\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Pu blic Library in Milford\, Delaware. Serving as a mess attendant aboard the USS West Virginia during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7\, 1941\, M iller helped to move his mortally wounded captain to safety before taking control of a machine gun and returning fire at the attacking Japanese airc raft. To honor his bravery\, Miller was the first African American to be a warded the Navy Cross in 1942. He became an important figure for civil rig hts and equality when his story was heavily publicized in the black press. In 1943 Miller was killed in action when his ship\, the escort carrier US S Liscome Bay\, was sunk by a torpedo. Miller has been honored with multip le namesakes\, including the USS Miller frigate\, the Doris &ldquo\;Dorie& rdquo\; Miller Memorial Park in Waco\, Texas\, and\, in 2020\, the aircraf t carrier USS Doris Miller (CVN-81).

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