Subj : Today in History - 1942
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat May 27 2023 06:25:00

26 May 1942 - THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN TO BE AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS:
Doris Miller (October 12, 1919 - November 24, 1943) was a United States
Navy cook second class who was killed in action during World War II.
He was the first Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the
highest decoration for valor presented by the US Navy, and the second
highest in the United States after the Medal of Honor.

Miller served aboard the battleship West Virginia, which was sunk by
Japanese torpedo bombers during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941. During the attack, he helped several sailors who were
wounded, and while manning an anti-aircraft machine gun for which he had
no training, he shot down 4-6 Japanese planes. Miller's actions earned
him the medal, and the resulting publicity for Miller in the Black press
made him an iconic emblem of the fight for civil rights for Black
Americans. In November 1943, Miller was killed while serving aboard the
escort carrier Liscome Bay when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine
during the Battle of Makin in the Gilbert Islands.

The destroyer escort/Knox-class frigate USS Miller (reclassified as a
frigate in June 1975), in service from 1973 to 1991, was named after
him. On January 19, 2020, the Navy announced that a Gerald R. Ford-class
nuclear powered aircraft carrier, CVN-81, would be named after Miller.
The ship is scheduled to be laid down in 2026 and launched in 2029.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Navy S.O.S. (Minced Beef)
 Categories: Beef, Vegetables
      Yield: 10 Servings
 
      2 lb Ground Beef
    1/8 lb Onions, chopped
      3 oz General purpose flour
     32 oz Can crushed tomatoes
    1/8 oz Mace; ground
           +=OR=+
    1/8 oz Nutmeg; ground
    1/8 oz (ea) Salt & Pepper
 
  Cook beef with onions in its own fat until beef loses
  its pink color, stirring to break apart. Drain or skim
  off excess fat. (Or not - UDD)
  
  Sprinkle flour over beef; continue cooking until flour
  is absorbed.
  
  Add tomatoes, mace or nutmeg, salt and pepper. Stir
  well. Simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
  
  Serve over toast, biscuits, rice or pasta.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
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.... A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own
randmother.
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