Instead of presidents or admirals, an African American enlisted sailor, a hero at Pearl Harbor, will be honored when the USS Doris Miller is christened

The aircraft carrier is the symbol of American power – 90,000 tons of diplomacy, the Navy likes to say. Almost all of them are named after presidents – until Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly broke with tradition. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin said, “So, the list>>>

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