WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Waco native and war hero continues to get honored for his sacrifice during the Pearl Harbor attack over 80 years ago. Friday morning, the Doris Miller VA Medical Center accepted ...

Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II and a native of Fredericksburg, pins the Navy Cross on Doris "Dorie" Miller, a hero of the attack on Pearl Harbor and a ...

The Texas Veterans Hall of Fame honored Waco native and World War II hero Doris Miller on Friday with its Medal of Valor, and family members also took part in the city’s annual Pearl Harbor Day event ...

The Milford Museum’s American History Series will continue next month with a presentation on one of the lesser-known heroes ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Dec. 7, 1941, fell on a Sunday, and many people in Austin – with a population of about 88,000 at the time – were enjoying a leisurely afternoon when the first bulletins came across the ...

WASHINGTON — Last week, during National Medal of Honor Day on March 25, U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, introduced a pair of bills to commemorate the life and legacy of African American mess ...

At 7:57 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Doris Miller was collecting laundry aboard the USS West Virginia when the call to battle stations sounded during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite not being trained ...

In his typically thoughtful, insightful way, local philanthropist and former ambassador Lyndon Olson Jr. added to our understanding of Doris Miller during the unveiling of a statue honoring the ...

On National Medal of Honor Day, Congressman Kweisi Mfume introduced two bills to honor African American World War II hero Doris “Dorie” Miller, who bravely manned an anti-aircraft gun during the Pearl ...

Dec. 7, 1941, fell on a Sunday, and many people in Austin – with a population of about 88,000 at the time – were enjoying a ...

The generation that lived through World War II needs no reminder of Pearl Harbor Day. Dec. 7, 1941, is burned into the minds of older Americans, just as Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, are for ...