Veterans Day Art and Writing Contest
•November 13, 2024•
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The Sullivan American Legion Auxiliary Unit #68 recently presented awards to several Sullivan students who participated in the Auxiliary’s 2024 Veterans Day Art and Writing Contest. Entries that recognized a veteran with Moultrie County ties also received special recognition.
Junior Jade McKee placed first in the 11th and 12th grade art division with her piece entitled “A Hero at Pearl Harbor.” Her drawing honors Doris “Dorie” Miller, the first black recipient of the Navy Cross. As a mess attendant third class in the United States Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Miller manned a .50 caliber Browning machine gun that he was not trained to use and shot down a Japanese plane. He did this to save an injured skipper. While making Miller the focus of her artwork, she depicted both his heroic action and the Japanese airplane he shot down over Pearl Harbor.