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80-G-294807: Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN

80-G-294807: Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN. Photographed during his visit to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, 7 January 1943. He is wearing the Navy Cross medal, awarded for heroism during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 80-G-294807: Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN. Photographed during his visit to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, 7 January 1943. He is wearing the Navy Cross medal, awarded for heroism during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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