Cuba Gooding Jr's best moment in cinema history.
True story: Doris Miller was an African-American ship's cook aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia who was untrained in any weapons. When his ship at Pearl Harbor fell under attack, he scrambled on to the deck as much of the crew milled around in a general panic, ran to the nearest 50-caliber anti-aircraft gun, loaded it and shot down a Japanese Zero headed straight for the ship. He also notified the next ranking officer aboard the ship that the Captain had been killed and saved the lives of half a dozen other men aboard the ship. He was awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor in the United States Navy, for a moment of bravery and quick thinking that went down in military history.
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