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>> dubois: the navy made it official today. for the first time an aircraft carrier will be named for an african american. david martin on the hero who inspired a break in tradition. >> reporter: you've heard the roll call of aircraft carriers, washington, lincoln, roosevelt, kennedy, almost all of them named for american presidents, but now there will be one called the "u.s.s. doris miller." >> dorie deserved to be remembered and repeated wherever our people continue to stand watch today. >> reporter: at a ceremony, at pearl harbor acting navy secretary thomas modly, officially named the next ...

All. some apprehension. not knowing exactly what was happening. >> staff sergeant tom rice -- >> tom rice got a hero sendoff on his flight back to normandy as he flew over the beaches the pilot even pointed out where he had landed. 75 years later it took a lot of preparation to get there. >> i've been strengthening up all the muscles on my body wherever i possibly can, going twice a week to a gymnasium. >> preparation because the 97-year-old planned to arrive the same way he did on d-day, out the side of an airplane. >> they're not shooting at us this time. that makes it much safer. >> reporte...

>> tom rice got a hero sendoff on his flight back to normandy as he flew over the beaches the pilot even pointed out where he had landed. 75 years later it took a lot of preparation to get there. >> i've been strengthening up all the muscles on my body wherever i possibly can, going twice a week to a gymnasium. >> preparation because the 97-year-old planned to arrive the same way he did on d-day, out the side of an airplane. >> they're not shooting at us this time. that makes it much safer. >> reporter: at a ceremony president trump said the more than 100 vets in attendance were among the grea...