Doris Miller: The Pearl Harbor Hero

[REDACTED] History

Dr. André White

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Welcome back to another installment of the [REDACTED] History Podcast. This week we are talking about a WWII legend and icon --- Doris Miller. NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/LtN0Li9cFv8 PATREON: patreon.com/redactedhistory Stay Connected with Me: https://www.tiktok.com/@Blackkout___ https://www.instagram.com/redactedhistory_ Contact: [email protected] Episode Script Writer and Researcher: Jordyn Howard Episode Editor and Narrator: André White Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.8	Henrietta Miller was pregnant with her third child.
0:28.7	She was 19-19 and while one version of America was entering the roaring 20s, she and her husband
0:35.6	Connery were keeping the farmer float in Waco, Texas, while steering clear of the reemerging
0:41.6	KKK.
0:43.5	Their child was about to enter a world with Jim Crow laws and a lifetime of people telling
0:49.2	them what they should or shouldn't be doing.
0:52.4	Who would this baby grow up to be?
0:54.6	She was certain about one thing.
0:56.6	She was having a little girl.
0:58.4	The midwife assured her this would be the case.
1:00.8	There were no ultrasounds back then, so experience and educated guesses were the next best things.
1:08.2	They say if your hair is dry and your belly sits high, then you're having a baby girl.
1:14.2	Maybe these were some of the predicting factors that led both of them to believe they knew
1:18.6	the sex of the baby.
1:20.6	And so the name she chose was Doris.
1:24.6	This is the story of Doris Miller.
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