Lable: Dorie Miller 1919-1943

Dorie Miller was on board th USS West Virgenia in 1941. On board he was a cook. dorie couldn't man guns or any thing because he didn't have any training. During the Purl Harbor war Dorie Miller saved his captain and maned a gun. Suposevly he shot a plain down. After the war people thought that he should get an award. African-americans wrote letters and articles stating that he should get an award. The president at the time Franklin Rosevelt stepped in and awarded him the Navy Cross on May 27, 1942. after recieving his award he went to go on the USS Liscomb Bay. All 644 men died on this ship. After this people thought he be given The Medal of Honor. After this more African-Americans inlisted in the Army.

Artist: David Stone Martin
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Dorie Miller-The Man That made history

Dorie miller was an African American male who attended the navy as a mess attendant on the SS West Virginia . Dorie was born in 1919 and died in 1943. Dorie was very passionate about being in the navy even though he was a mess attendant. On December 7th, 1941 Dories life basically changed in a drastic way, at Pearl harbor the SS West Virgina was under attack Dorie saved his captain and shot down a Japanese aircraft. Dorie became a naval phenomenon and a hero. Frank Knox was the secretary of the navy wrote a letter of commendation but in a way it wasn't it wasn't enough for the service he did. May 27th, 1912 Dorie received the Navy cross. Dorie died in 1943 on the USS liscome bay when it sunk. The picture that was drawn of Dorie miller was made by David Stone Martin in 1943.

Where the heck is Matt??

As we all know the remarkable Mrs.Trenkle gave us an assignment in class today called'Where the heck is Matt? We were to name as many countries he was in as possible, speak on our intrest in the places he was in and last what we learned from the video.Well some places we saw that we liked were India because of the spectacular architechture that is there,California just because of the beautfull settings and Tokyo because the motion screen on the buildings. The thing that most intrested us was the huge architechture and how it was put it place. Lastly we learled that this video was that anything is possibe how Matt got there can be one of us one day and the geography is more amazing in thoes places then we thought. In my opinon this video was funny and educational at the same time because of the many place that were made aware to and the hilarious dances he did the video was entertaining.