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| Title: | Above and beyond the call of duty |
| Date: | 1942 May 27 |
| Description: | This poster features a large image of Doris "Dorie" Miller, an African American sailor who is celebrated as a hero of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. He led his fellow sailors, many of whom were injured, to safety, and he used a machine gun to shoot down Japanese planes. He was the first African American sailor to receive the Navy Cross. Miller died in battle in 1944. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Posters |
| Subjects: | Miller, Doris, 1919-1944 | United States. Navy--African Americans | African American sailors | African American men | Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 | Navy Cross (Medal) | West Virginia (Armored cruiser) | World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American | United States |
| Collection: | African American Odyssey |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division | African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Online Publisher: | Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress |
| Original Material: | Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-2328 (8-10) (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative) |
| Related Materials: | Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0810001r.jpg |
