Role Model

ID: 1137 ~ Source: Image courtesy of www.dorismillermemorial.org
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Role Model

Miller speaks to a group of African American trainees at naval Station Great Lakes, the Navy's largest training center located in Lake County, Illinois. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the navy asked Miller to serve as a recruiter. In 1941 fewer than four thousand African Americans were serving in the military, and only twelve African Americans had become officers.

This file appears in: Doris Miller

By Megan Danner
Among the names of the many individuals who served valiantly during World War II, Waco’s own Doris Miller was a hero of national and international acclaim. Although many noted the valor he displayed during the war, some argue he still has not…