Dorie Miller by Karawn

Dorie Miller worked on the USS West Virginia. Dorie worked as a mess worker. In the 1940s African Americans could only work as a mess worker. So one day in 1942 in the pearl harbor an enemy aircrafts attack the USS West Virginia. Dorie was in the Ship . When he came up he saw airplanes he got up a gun and started shooting. 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 Medal of Honor. After this more African-Americans inlisted in the Army.