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This person may have shot down several Japanese planes after helping Captain Mervyn Bennion aboard the USS West Virginia. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Black mess attendant who took up a machine gun during the attack on Pearl Harbor, thus becoming the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.
ANSWER: Doris Miller [or Dorie Miller]
[10m] Stories of Miller’s heroics were publicized by the Pittsburgh Courier, which also began this campaign. James Thompson’s letter “Should I Sacrifice to live ‘Half American’?” prompted this campaign, which promoted defeating Jim Crow at home and Nazis abroad.
ANSWER: Double V campaign [or Double Victory campaign]
[10e] After being killed at the Battle of Makin, Miller posthumously received this award. The US made more than 1.5 million of these medals in preparation for a land invasion of Japan, many of which are still being used today.
ANSWER: Purple Heart
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateGeorgia Tech001010E
Chicago ABritish Columbia001010E
Columbia AToronto B0101020ME
IndianaCornell B0101020ME
Iowa StateMIT001010E
Johns HopkinsUCF001010E
LSEHarvard0101020ME
MichiganWinona State0101020ME
MinnesotaWUSTL B001010E
NYUChicago B001010E
North Carolina ACornell A0000
North Carolina BColumbia B10101030HME
RITVirginia0101020ME
RutgersPenn State001010E
Toronto AWaterloo B001010E
UC Berkeley ATexas0101020ME
UC Berkeley BStanford1010020HM
VanderbiltOttawa0101020ME
Virginia TechNorthwestern0101020ME
WUSTL AYale001010E
Waterloo AMaryland001010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2114.7691%48%10%