The Daily Beast
US · 42 mins ago
Hero’s Family Goes on TV to Call Out ‘Shock’ Trump Treatment
Evelyn Hockstein / REUTERS
The family of a Black war hero says they were blindsided by reports that an aircraft carrier named in his honor is to be renamed—potentially after Donald Trump.
CNN reported that the Navy is taking steps to rename the USS Doris Miller, an aircraft carrier still under construction, and has already stopped using the name supposed to honor the Pearl Harbor hero. Sources told the network there had been internal discussions about renaming it after the president.
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