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Image: Dorie Miller - Restoration, full

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Description: Doris "Dorie" Miller, Mess Attendant Second Class, USN (1919-1943) just after being presented with the Navy Cross by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, on board 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. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Title: Dorie Miller - Restoration, full
Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: Adam Cuerden
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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