In a historic moment just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly has announced that the newest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will be named USS Doris Miller (CVN 81). Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross. Full story: https://navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=111881 | U.S. Navy

Doris Miller was a mess attendant aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. His strength and courage saved the lives of men who might otherwise have perished. Yet his story went unacknowledged for years. | National Geographic TV

Today, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly will officially name the future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 81) in honor of World War II hero Ship’s Cook Third Class Doris Miller, at a ceremony in Pearl Harbor, HI. Learn how his actions on Dec. 7, 1941, earned him the Navy Cross. | U.S. Navy

Ship’s Cook 3rd Class Doris Miller was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy announced that #CVN81 will be named in his honor, making it the second ship named after Miller and the first aircraft carrier named for an African American and enlisted sailor. “Doris Miller stood for everything that is good about our nation, and his story deserves to be remembered and repeated wherever our people continue to stand the watch toda