To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller posthumously for acts of valor while a member of the Navy during World War II.
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- House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-03-25
Plain-English Summary
This bill authorizes the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for acts of valor as a member of the Navy during World War II, for which he was previously awarded the Navy Cross.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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