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80-G-294808: Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN, January 1943

80-G-294808: Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN. Speaking during a visit to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, on 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. Also at NHHC. (2016/07/05).
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Caption: Doris Miller, Mess Attendant First Class, USN. Speaking during a visit to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, on 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. Also at NHHC. (2016/07/05).
Accession #: 80-G-294808
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