Just after being presented with the Navy Cross by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, on board USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 1942.
The medal was awarded for heroism on board USS West Virginia during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Miller was the first African American to recieve the...
"African American of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division, wait to advance behind a tank assault on the Jap[anese], along Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville." 1944.
The Red Ball Express was one of World War II's most massive logistics operations, manned primarily by African American soldiers. The trucks kept gasoline and other vital supplies rolling to the front as American troops pushed the Germans out of France and back toward Berlin.
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