'Above and Beyond the Call of Duty' (Dorie Miller, Navy Cross 1942)

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Object description

image: A full face portrait of an American sailor in uniform, against a background of an ocean with three sinking ships in the upper right of the composition. He wears the Navy Cross. text: 'above and beyond the call of duty' DORIE MILLER Received the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbour, May 27, 1942

History note

One of a series of US Office of War Information (OWI) propaganda posters produced to mobilise the African American population of the United States during the Second World War. The posters attempted to convince African Americans that supporting the war effort was of benefit to ending racial segregation, and the political and economic restrictions upheld by 'Jim Crow' laws. This poster depicts Doris "Dorie" Miller a US Navy messman who assisted wounded personnel and manned an anti-aircraft gun on 7 December 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor. As an African American, Miller was overlooked for the Medal of Honor (awarded many of the other white so-called 'heroes' of Pearl Harbor) and he was only awarded the Navy Cross in May 1942 after an intense lobbying campaign from Civil Rights organisations and the Black press. He was killed in action while serving as a messman on board the USS Liscome Bay, when it struck by a torpedo during the Battle of Makin on 24 November 1943.

Object Details

Category

Posters

Creator

Martin, David Stone (Undefined)
US Government Printing Office (printer)
Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington DC (publisher/sponsor)

Production date

1943

Place made

American

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 710 mm., Width 515 mm.

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 6449

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Associated people and organisations

Miller, Dorie
United States Office of War Information
Associated events

Home Front, USA, Second World War
Associated places

American
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States of America
Associated keywords

civilian morale
portrait / personification
medals / orders / decorations
shipping
Associated themes

United States Navy 1939-1945

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'Above and Beyond the Call of Duty' (Dorie Miller, Navy Cross 1942)

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