美国海军以二战英雄多丽丝·米勒的名字命名航空母舰

美国海军以二战英雄多丽丝·米勒的名字命名航空母舰

The U.S. Navy says it will name an aircraft carrier after Doris "Dorie" Miller, the African American mess attendant who heroically leapt into combat during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It marks the first time that an aircraft carrier has been named for an African American, and the first time a sailor has been so honored for actions taken as an enlisted man.

美国海军表示，将以多丽丝·多里·米勒的名字命名一艘航空母舰。米勒是一名非洲裔美国乘务员，在珍珠港爆炸事件中英勇加入战斗。这标志着第一次有航空母舰以非裔美国人的名字命名，也是第一次有水兵因入伍时采取的行动而获得如此殊荣。

In 1941. Miller was a 22-year-old mess attendant on the USS West Virginia. At the time, black sailors were consigned to roles in the messman branch — work that entailed swabbing decks, cooking and shining officers' shoes.

1941年，米勒22岁，是美国西弗吉尼亚号航空母舰上的一名乘务员。当时，黑人水手被分配到餐厅管理部门工作，包括擦洗甲板、做饭和擦皮鞋。

He had awoken at 6 a.m. and was collecting laundry when the Japanese attack began and an alarm sounded on the ship, according to the Navy. Miller headed to the antiaircraft battery magazine, but it had already been destroyed by torpedo damage. He proceeded to the deck, where he was assigned to carry his wounded comrades, including the ship's captain. Miller was strong: a former high school football player in Waco, Texas, he was the ship's heavyweight boxing champion.

据海军称，他在早上6点醒来，正在收衣服时，日军开始攻击，船上响起了警报。米勒前往高射炮炮台，但它已经被鱼雷击毁。他走到甲板上，在那里他被派去运送受伤的同志，包括船长。米勒很强壮:他曾是德克萨斯州韦科的一名高中橄榄球运动员，是船上的重量级拳击冠军。

"Miller went topside, carried wounded on his shoulders, made several trips up and down, wading through waist-deep water, oil-slicked decks, struggling uphill on slick decks," Navy Rear Adm. John Fuller said in 2016.

2016年，海军少将约翰富勒说，“米勒上了甲板，肩膀上扛着伤员，上上下下走了几趟，趟过齐腰深的水，爬过油滑的甲板，爬上光滑的甲板。”

The young sailor then took over a .50-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun and fired it until the ammunition ran out. No matter that he'd never been trained on the weapon.

年轻的水兵接过一把口径为50口径的高射炮，一直开到子弹用完。尽管他从未接受过这种武器的训练。

"It wasn't hard," he remembered, according to a Navy history. "I just pulled the trigger. I had watched the others with these guns."

“这并不难，”根据海军历史，他回忆道。“我只是扣动了扳机。我看过其他拿着枪的人。”

The West Virginia was heavily damaged in the attack. Japanese planes had dropped armored bombs and launched multiple torpedoes on the vessel. The ship slowly sank, and more than 100 of the men aboard the ship died that day.

西维吉尼亚州在这次袭击中遭到严重破坏。日本飞机投下了装甲炸弹，并向该船发射了多枚鱼雷。这艘船慢慢沉没，船上100多名船员在那天死亡。

For his bravery, Miller was presented with the Navy Cross in May 1942. He was the first black sailor to be awarded the medal, one of the Navy's highest honors.

由于他的勇敢，米勒于1942年5月被授予海军十字勋章。他是第一个被授予该勋章的黑人水手，这是海军的最高荣誉之一。

"This marks the first time in this conflict that such high tribute has been made in the Pacific Fleet to a member of his race and I'm sure that the future will see others similarly honored for brave acts," Adm. Chester Nimitz, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, said at the time.

美国太平洋舰队司令、海军上将切斯特·尼米茨当时说，“这标志着，在这场冲突中，太平洋舰队第一次向他的种族成员致以如此高的敬意，我相信，未来还会看到其他人因勇敢行为而获得同样的荣誉，”美国太平洋舰队司令切斯特·尼米茨上将当时说。