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Photo #: 80-G-408456

Doris Miller, Mess Attendant Second Class, USN (1919-1943)


Just after being presented with the Navy Cross by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, on board USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 1942.
The medal was awarded for heroism on board USS West Virginia (BB-48) during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 55KB; 595 x 765 pixels

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29 November 1998