Doris was a man btw and the article explains that. Excerpt:
Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor
The US Navy is to name its new aircraft carrier after a black sailor who fought in World War II.
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He was sorting laundry on the ship one morning when a Japanese torpedo slammed into the vessel.
It was the first of nine torpedoes which would hit and sink the West Virginia on 7 December 1941. The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killed more than 2,300 people and brought the US into World War II.
Miller ran to help his fellow sailors. He first moved his mortally wounded captain to shelter, before manning an anti-aircraft gun - strictly against regulations, as a black sailor - and firing back at the hundreds of Japanese aircraft overhead.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51168798
