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The United States Navy has confirmed to USNI News that the fourth Ford-class carrier (CVN-81) will be named after Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller.

Office of War Information (OWI Poster Number 68)Artist: David Stone MartinSource of image is Sale 2271, Lot 420, Swann Auction Galleries photograph of print version of the poster, with description reading as follows: "NO OTHER COPY KNOWN (MILITARY–WWII.) MILLER, DORIE. MARTIN, DAVID STONE. Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. Poster, 28-1/16 x 20-1/4 inches (71.2 x 54.4 cm); faint creases where folded, several very small repairs professionally conserved and backed with archival paper, excellent condition. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943" [Public domain]

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