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301. The WWII cook who grabbed a machine gun and shot down 5 enemy planes During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mess Attendant Second Class Dorie Miller first attended to the wounded, carrying sailors—including his mortally wounded captain—to safer areas of the USS *West Virginia*. Only then did he take control of an unmanned .50-caliber Browning anti-aircraft machine gun. Despite having no formal training on the weapon, he fired continuously at Japanese planes until his ammunition was depleted. While popular accounts later claimed up to five kills, Miller himself was modest, stating, “I think I got one.” For his bravery, Miller was awarded the Navy Cross, becoming the first African American in World War II to receive the nation’s third-highest valor award.