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Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Holly Herline
SECNAV Visits the National Memorial Cemetary of the Pacific
Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii
Jan. 19, 2020 | 1:38
200119-N-KR702-1001 HONOLULU (Jan. 19, 2020) Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly tours the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl Crater with family members of World War II hero Doris “Dorie” Miller. Modly will name a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier in honor of Miller during a ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Martin Luther King Day. This will be the second ship named in honor of Miller, and the first aircraft carrier ever named for an African American and an enlisted Sailor. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Holly L. Herline)
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