Myth & Legend—Texan Doris Miller Shot Down Numerous Japanese Planes During Pearl Harbor Raid- The story of Doris Miller has been glamorized in movies, but few know the genuine story of the Black cook who became a hero during the attack on Pearl Harbor. This myth is about Texan Doris Miller who was born on October 12, 1919 in Waco, Texas. When he was 20 years old he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939. He served as a Mess Attendant, Third Class and became the ship’s cook when he was transferred to the USS West Virginia battleship. Doris Miller without intention joined the pantheon of legendary Texas military figures when, despite lacking formal gunning training because he was an African-American, he kept an eye on a deck firearm abroad …show more content…
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, during an inspection tour through disabled base make an effort to lift national assurance by making an unclear remark to announce he received stating that a sailor abroad one of the battleship docked at Pearl Harbor without any help impacted a Japanese torpedo plane out of the sky. Also, another unknown source later revealed that a mysterious African-American mess attendant bravely attempted to battle off the attacking planes with a deck firearm despite lacking any previous experience with the weapon. Since many decades, falsely informed individuals have accidently kept the story alive that Doris Miller brought down various aircrafts during the raid. But in the reality, the accord conclusion of most scholars based on evaluation of the available confirmation that Doris Miller could have added to the destruction of as many as four foe aircraft, likely hit close to one plane, and quite possibly did not hit any of the planes. Additionally, eyewitness testimony ranges from the individuals who believed that Miller’s weapon hit numerous enemy planes to the individuals who asserted that he didn't hit …show more content…
Senate Seat from Coke Stevenson- Much contention has surrounded the 1948 Democratic race for a U.S. Senate seat between former governor Coke Stevenson and Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. A typical up-to-date belief, advanced by some from that point forward, declared that LBJ’s campaign stole the race from Coke, who was unreasonable denied the Democratic Party’s designation. Not long after the last outcomes streamed in, allegations of electoral deception charged against the LBJ’s campaign started. While some notified their initial returns to correct mistakes, numerous province election boards revealed community outcomes late. Stevenson held an improbable lead, on election night, however his margin steadily decreases as counties send in more returns and correction. When the election board of Jim Wells County in South Texas submitted a correct result for one of its division, presumably because of a “clerical mistake”, Stevenson’s early lead of less than 100 votes (out of over a million cast) ultimately disappeared into-thin-air, that raised Johnson’s vote total by 200 and Coke’s by 2. Now, LBJ remained to win the election by a grand total of 87 votes, prompting to Stevenson’s protest to the state party convention and the federal courts, which did not succeed. Regardless of Coke’s inability to win his appeals, a typical belief remains among many that Lyndon won his party’s Senate designation