Doris Miller was a cook, third class, in the U.S. Navy who showed amazing heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor. His actions caused him to be the first African-American to be awarded the Navy Cross. Nicknamed the “Raging Duck,” Miller, a Waco, Texas native, was often suspended from school as a child for picking fights with the other students.
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