He was killed in action during a house-clearing mission one month later and awarded the Navy Cross in 2007. Christopher Adlesperger is considered responsible for destroying the last strong point in the battle for Fallujah. Posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in single-handedly eliminating 13 Taliban in a vicious firefight during the battle for Fallujah in 2004, Lance Cpl. Christopher Adlesperger and the Battle for Fallujah Miller was killed in action two years later when his ship, the USS Liscome Bay, a Casablanca-class escort carrier, took a Japanese torpedo.Ĭhristopher Adlesperger Marine Lance Cpl. "While at the side of his Captain on the bridge, Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of a serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain, who had been mortally wounded, to a place of greater safety, and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge," according to the citation. Related: African-American Contributions in the Military. Chester Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet, in a ceremony on the aircraft carrier Enterprise.
Miller was presented with the Navy Cross by Adm. His face was even used on a recruitment poster. Navy graphic) Doris 'Dorie' Miller, the First Black Recipientĭoris Miller, who went by Dorie, was one of the first heroes of World War II and was awarded the Navy Cross for actions during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O.
On May 27, 1942, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at Pearl Harbor, Dec.
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