hero on a postage stamp
Not many options were open for Dorie Miller in the navy. He was black and ended up a cook. But when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he grabbed a gun and fired back. Now, on February 4, the US Post Office has released a stamp in his honor. Read his war story here.
THE BEST WAY TO DIE
African American Coast Guardsmen Charles W. Davis, Jr., could not eat at the same lunch counter as his white comrades. But 67 years ago on February 3, he could save their lives as their ship sank into icy Northern Atlantic.
US forces take Manila from the Japanese
In the climax of Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines, Americans and Filipinos battle for a month beginning on February 3, 1945, to end the three-year enemy occupation of the western Pacific islands. The Universal Newsreel features US Army footage.
