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Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller's family reacts to reports of aircraft carrier to be renamed to honor Trump

“There was a lot of emotion from different family members, from anxiety, to sadness, to upset," Thomas Bledsoe, Miller’s great-nephew, told WFAA exclusively.

17 September 2026Live

Sources

KVUE Austin. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/national/military-news/doris-miller-family-reacts-to-reports-aircraft-carrier-could-be-renamed-trump/287-0ba16c80-ec0c-4e04-8b68-e7e21058b2bb

“There was a lot of emotion from different family members, from anxiety, to sadness, to upset," Thomas Bledsoe, Miller’s great-nephew, told WFAA exclusively.

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