loc_afamodyssey_0810001r 0810001r afamodyssey loc yes Above and beyond the call of duty United States. Navy--African Americans African American sailors African American men Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 Navy Cross (Medal) West Virginia (Armored cruiser) World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American Miller, Doris, 1919-1944 This poster features a large image of Doris "Dorie" Miller, an African American sailor who is celebrated as a hero of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. He led his fellow sailors, many of whom were injured, to safety, and he used a machine gun to shoot down Japanese planes. He was the first African American sailor to receive the Navy Cross. Miller died in battle in 1944. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress) eng Posters http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0810001r.jpg image/jpeg Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-2328 (8-10) (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative) Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998. 1942-05-27 United States 20090526 204835