The U. S. Navy’s decision to name an aircraft carrier after Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller is laudable for the symbolism of honoring an African American worthy of having a ship named after him. At first blush, however, it is a misapplication of norms to apply the name of a relatively momentary hero to an aircraft carrier and not a destroyer, as has been the tradition for generations.
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Capt. Bill Toti, USN Ret., president of L3 Technologies’ Maritime Sensor Systems who commanded the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Indianapolis, discusses efforts to remember the story of the USS Indianapolis, the heavy cruiser torpedoed and sunk after delivering to the Pacific island of Tinian the first atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima to end World War II with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium in Northern Virginia.
Maggie Appleton, the CEO of the Royal Air Force Museum with sites in North London and Cosford in the West Midlands discusses telling the story of the world’s first independent air force on its 100th anniversary with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Former US Navy Chief Gunner’s Mate Henry “Hank” Kudzik, the last surviving crew member from the USS Nautilus (SS-168), shares his experience during the Battle of Midway during which his boat sank one of the Japanese aircraft carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor, as well as two other warships, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during a June 5, 2017, interview held in Arlington, Virginia. Between May 1942 and August 1945, Kudzik completed 14 war patrols, eight aboard Nautilus and six aboard USS Gar (SS-206).