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| Keywords: Adm Nimitz presents awards on USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1942.jpeg U S Navy Admiral Chester W Nimitz presents awards on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 moored at Pearl Harbor on 27 May 1942 One of those visible receiving a medal is Doris Dorie Miller an African-American messman who was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions on board the battleship USS West Virginia BB-48 during the Pearl Harbor attack which is visible in the background with salvage work going on The bottom of USS Oklahoma BB-37 is visible in front of West Virginia the main mast of USS Arizona BB-39 is beyond her http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 30759 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 272 007 1942-05-27 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Pearl Harbor in World War II Chester Nimitz Dorie Miller Pearl Harbor attack - aftermath and salvage Aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 | ||||
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