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🚨The Trump administration is facing backlash over reports that the Navy could name a new aircraft carrier after Donald Trump instead of Doris “Dorie” Miller, the Black WWII hero who became the first Black American awarded the Navy Cross
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The Navy is considering stripping Black WWII hero Doris Miller’s name from a new aircraft carrier and possibly replacing it with Trump’s. Apparently valor now competes with branding. #DorisMiller
Source: ABC News
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A week after Trump ordered #USnavy secretary to scrap the modern #aircraftcarrier electromagnetic system used to launch fighter jets, & install obsolete steam-powered catapults instead - CNN reports that the navy is considering another change to the same ship: removing the name of #DorisMiller, a Black sailor known for his heroism during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, & naming it instead the USS Donald Trump 🤮 #USPol #TrumpDictatorship #auspol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/aug/20/donald-trump-national-debt-borrowing-record-michael-cohen-canada-iran-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a877af78f08d88a8c74dcf7#block-6a877af78f08d88a8c74dcf7 -
Trump wants older tech used on aircraft carriers, likely costing billions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to…
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Heather Cox Richardson 12/5/25 PEARL HARBOR DAY AND A NEW ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY
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Doris Miller enlisted in the U.S. Navy around the time World War II broke out and served on the battleship USS West Virginia. Because of his race, Miller was prohibited from gunnery training. That didn’t stop him from saving an untold number of lives during the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. On the eve of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, read about Miller’s heroics in this gripping story from Mental Floss:
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One of the most heroic men in the defense of #PearlHarbor was #DorisMiller. During the attack, the Cook Petty Officer Third Class manned an anti-aircraft gun and, despite no prior training in gunnery, shot down between four and six enemy planes. He was the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. Sadly, he was killed on the USS Liscome Bay when his ship went down in November, 1943.