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INDIANS
IN THE WAR

1945

1941-1945

In Grateful Memory
of
Those Who Died
In the Service of Their Country.
They Stand in the Unbroken Line
Of Patriots Who Have Dared to Die
That Freedom Might Live, and Grow,
And Increase Its Blessings.
Freedom Lives,
And Through it They Live--
In a Way That Humbles
The Undertakings of Most Men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Indians in the War

Honor for Indian Heroism	1
Awards for Valor (Lists)	9
Ceremonial Dances in the Pacific, by Ernie Pyle	12
A Choctaw Leads the Guerrillas	14
An Empty Saddle	15
We Honor These Dead (Lists)	16
Navajo Code Talkers, by MT/Sgt. Murrey Marder	25
Indians Fought on Iwo Jima	28
Wounded in Action (Lists)	30
Indians Work for the Navy, by Lt. Frederick W. Sleight	42
To the Indian Veteran	44
Indian Women Work for Victory	49
Prisoners of War Released	50
A Family of Braves	51
Indian Service Employees in the War	53

The material in this pamphlet was collected for the 1945 Memorial Number of Indians at Work, before the magazine was discontinued because of the paper shortage. Many devoted workers spent much time and effort to get these stories, and the photographs which accompany the lists were loaned by the families of the boys whose names will be found here. We wish to express our gratitude to all of those who made this record possible.
The casualty lists and the lists of awards and decorations continue those begun in Indians at Work for May-June 1943 and carried on in the November-December 1943, May-June 1944, and September-October 1944 issues. They are not complete, and it is hoped that when the peace has come, the whole story of the Indian contribution to the victory may be gathered up into one volume.
Awards of the Purple Heart have not been indicated here because every soldier wounded in action against the enemy is entitled to the decoration, and the award should be taken for granted.

NOVEMBER 1945

United States Department of the Interior--Office of Indian Affairs
Chicago 54, Illinois

Haskell Printing Department
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Cpl. Henry Bake, Jr., and Pfc. George H. Kirk, Navajo code talkers, operate a portable radio set on Bougainville. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo. See page 25.

Honor for Indian Heroism

The war has ended in victory for the United Nations, and after a troubled period of readjustment and reorganization, peace will come at last. The story of the Indians' contribution to the winning of the war has been told only in part, and new material will be coming in for many months. As one of the Sioux boys says, "As a rule nowadays the fellows don't go in for heroics." But already the Indian record is impressive. In the spring of 1945, there were 21,767 Indians in the Army, 1,910 in the Navy, 121 in the Coast Guard, and 723 in the Marines. These figures do not include officers, for whom no statistics are available. Several hundred Indian women are in the various branches of the services. The Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, estimates that at least fifty girls from that jurisdiction are in uniform.

The Office of Indian Affairs has recorded 71 awards of the Air Medal, 51 of the Silver Star, 47 of the Bronze Star Medal, 34 of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and two of the Congressional Medal of Honor. There are undoubtedly many more which have not been reported. Many of these ribbons are decorated with oak leaf clusters awarded in lieu of additional medals. It is not unusual to see an Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters, or twelve, or even fourteen.

The casualty lists are long. They come from theaters of war all over the world. There were many Indians in the prison camps of the Philippines after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor, and later there were many more on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. There were Indians in the 45th Division in Sicily and Italy. They were at Anzio, and they took part in the invasion on D-Day in Normandy. A Ute Indian, LeRoy Hamlin, was with a small troop which made the first contact with the Russians across the Elbe on April 25. Another Ute, Harvey Natchees, was the first American soldier to ride into the center of Berlin. Pfc. Ira Hayes, Pima, of the Marines, was one of the six men who raised the flag on the summit of Mt. Suribachi. Once in a while, an Indian diving into a foxhole when shells began to burst, would find himself face to face with another member of his race, and they would start talking about Indian problems as they waited for the enemy fire to cease. When there was only one Indian in an outfit, he was inevitably called Chief, which amused him and perhaps pleased him a little.

The Indian people at home have matched the record of their fighting men. More than forty thousand left the reservations during each of the war years to take jobs in ordnance depots, in aircraft factories, on the railroads, and in other war industries. The older men, the women, and the children, who stayed at home, increased their production of food in spite of the lack of help. The Indians invested more than $17,000,000 of restricted funds in war bonds, and their individual purchases probably amount to twice that sum. They subscribed liberally to the Red Cross and to the Army and Navy Relief societies. The mothers of the soldiers organized War Mothers clubs in their communities, and every soldier received letters and gifts while he was in the service. The clubs helped to entertain the boys who came home on furlough, and now that the war is over, they are making plans for war memorials in honor of the fallen.

Reflecting the heroic spirit of Indians at war in every theater of action, the list of those specially selected to receive military honors grows steadily. We shall never know of all the courageous acts performed "with utter disregard for personal safety," but the proved devotion of all Indian peoples on the home front and the conspicuous courage of their sons and daughters in the various services entitle them to share in common the honors bestowed upon the few here noted.

Congressional Medal of Honor

The blue star-sprinkled ribbon of the highest award of all is given for "conspicuous gallantry at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty." Relatively few of these medals have been given, and the nation may well be proud of the fact that two Indians thus far have won it. The story of Lt. Ernest Childers, Creek, was told in Indians at Work for May-June 1944; that of Lt. Jack Montgomery, Cherokee, in the January-February number, 1945.

Distinguished Flying Cross

The highest aviation honor is given for heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight. The ribbon is blue, with a white-bordered red stripe in the center and white stripes near the ends. Thirty or more Indians have been awarded this medal thus far, and their stories have been told in various issues of Indians at Work.

T-Sgt. Harold E. Rogers, Seneca, with his flying mascot Mister.

Mention has already been made of Lt. William R. Fredenberge, Menominee, of Wisconsin, who wears this ribbon and also has the Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters. The citation for the DFC reads as follows:

"Lieutenant Fredenberg demonstrated superior skill in the execution of a dive-bombing attack upon a heavily defended marshalling yard wherein he personally destroyed three locomotives and thereafter in the face of heavy and accurate enemy fire remained in the target area strafing installations until his ammunition was exhausted. The outstanding flying ability and tactical proficiency which he exhibited on this occasion reflected the highest credit upon himself and his organization."

Sgt. Shuman Shaw, a full-blood Paiute from California, was wounded on his third mission as a tail-gunner on a B-24 Liberator, but he stayed with his guns and shot down two of the enemy, with three more probably destroyed. During his 22nd mission, while raiding strategic installations at Budapest, he was again seriously wounded. On both occasions he was given plasma. Sgt. Shaw has the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster.

Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross

Harold E. Rogers, Seneca from Miami, Oklahoma, was reported missing in action on July 3, 1944, when his plane failed to return from a mission over Budapest. Sgt. Rogers had flown 25 missions with the 8th Air Force in England, and then served as instructor in the United States for six months. He went back into action, this time with the 15th Air Forced, based in Italy. He wore the Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Purple Heart was awarded to him posthumously. His wife, a Potawatomi from Kansas, who now lives in Hollywood, was a student at Haskell Institute with her husband and Sgt. Rogers was studying law at the time

he entered the service. He also attended Sherman Institute and Riverside Junior College.

Silver Star to a Young Artist

A soldier who is cited for gallantry in action, when that gallantry does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or a Distinguished Service Cross, is given the Silver Star.

This decoration was awarded posthumously to Ben Quintana, a Keres, from Cochiti Pueblo. According to the citation, Ben was "an ammunition carrier in a light machine gun squadron charged with protection of the right flank of his troop which was counterattacked by superior numbers." The gunner was killed and the assistant gunner severely wounded. "Private Quintana," the citation continues, "refused to retire from this hazardous position and gallantly rushed forward to the silenced gun and delivered a withering fire into the enemy, inflicting heavy casualties. While so engaged he was mortally wounded. By this extraordinary courage he repulsed the counterattack and prevented the envelopment of the right flank of his troop. Private Quintana's unflinching devotion to duty and heroism under fire inspired his troop to attack and seize the enemy strong point."

Pfc. Ben Quintana, gifted artist of Cochiti Pueblo, awarded the Silver Star posthumously for gallantry in action.
Photo by Harold D. Walter, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

With Ben Quintana's death the country has lost one of its most promising young artists. At the age of 15, he won first prize over 80 contestants, of whom 7 were Indians, for a poster to be used in the Coronado Cuarto Centennial celebration. Later, he won first prize and $1,000 in an American Magazine contest in which there were 52,587 entries.

Silver Star for Sherman Graduate

Captain Leonard Lowry, a graduate of Sherman Institute, also wears the Silver Star. he was a first lieutenant at the time of the citation, which says: "He was advancing with an infantry force of 500 men when they were halted by the enemy and the leading elements were pinned down. It was imperative that this force get through. Lt. Lowry assumed command and directed temporary security measures. He then organized a small combat patrol and personally led it in storming the enemy elements that were delaying the unit's advance." Capt. Lowry has been wounded several times.

Led the Way for Tanks

The Shoshones proudly claim Marine Pfc. Leonard A. Webber, of Fort Hall, Idaho, who received his Silver Star "for gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the Second Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, from November 22 to November 23, 1943. During this period, when radio communication was out, he performed duties as runner between the tank battalion command post, tanks, and infantry front line positions, with utter disregard for his own personal safety in the face of heavy enemy gunfire. His skill and devotion to duty contributed greatly to the maintaining of communication of tank units. His conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity were in keeping with the highest tradition of the United States Naval Service."

Later, for action in 1944, Leonard Webber, now a Corporal, received the Bronze Star. This decoration is awarded for meritorious or

heroic achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight, in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States. The citation for the Bronze Star reads:

"For meritorious achievement in action against the enemy on Saipan and Tinian, Marianas Islands, from 15 June to 1 August, 1944, while serving as a reconnaissance man in a Marine tank battalion. With aggressive determination and fearless devotion to duty Corporal Webber reconnoitered routes of advance for tanks in the face of intense enemy fire. On one occasion, he led a tank platoon over exceedingly dangerous and perilous terrain, while under heavy mortar and small-arms fire, to support the infantry advance and make it possible for his tank platoon to inflict severe casualties on the enemy. His cool courage and outstanding ability contributed in a large measure to the success of the tank operation. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."

Silver Star for a Cherokee

The mother and father of Pvt. Blaine Queen received the Silver Star posthumously awarded to their son for heroism in action in Germany. Pvt. Queen, a Cherokee from North Carolina, was with a platoon engaged in sharp action with the enemy. They were under heavy fire from nearby enemy positions, and when their ammunition began to run dangerously low, Pvt. Queen volunteered to leave his foxhole and go for the needed supplies. As he ran he was mortally wounded, but in spite of his wound he kept on toward his destination until death overtook him.

The parents of Blaine Queen, Cherokee, receive his Silver Star.

A Potawatomi Leads the Way

Pfc. Albert Wahweotten, Potawatomi from Kansas, received the Silver Star from his commanding general last February in Germany. According to the citation, Pfc. Wahweotten, armed with an M-1 rifle and a bazooka, worked his way 200 yards beyond the front lines to a house occupied by the enemy. In spite of heavy fire, he crawled to within ten yards of the house, which he set on fire with the bazooka. Then he went into the burning building and captured twelve Germans, eliminating the last enemy resistance in the town.

Initiative, Bravery, and Gallantry

An Iowa-Choctaw, also from Kansas, was another winner of the Silver Star for gallantry in action against the Germans. When his superior officer was disabled, Pfc. Thurman E. Nanomantube took over the duties of section leader of a heavy machine gun section, and with complete disregard for his own safety ran

across fifty yards of open ground, swept by heavy fire, in order to help a gunner whose gun was not working properly. When the battalion was pinned down by artillery fire, he gave first aid to two wounded men and handled another skillfully in order to keep him from becoming the victim of combat exhaustion. The citation praises Pfc. Nanomantube for his initiative, bravery, and gallantry.

Decoration for a Papago

An engineers outfit, in combat for 165 continuous days on Luzon, needed the bulldozer which Pfc. Norris L. Galvez, Papago of Sells, Arizona, was driving up the road. Pfc. Norris was told that the Japs had two automatic weapons firing across the road ahead, but he decided that the bulldozer must go through and unhesitatingly drove the unprotected machine through the field of fire, an action which brought him a citation and the Silver Star.

Hero's Son Receives Medal

Alec Hodge is only six years old, but he knows what war means. He knows, too, the pride with which soldiers receive their medals, for on Alec's small chest was recently pinned the bronze Star posthumously awarded to his father, Pfc. Otto Hodge, a Yurok-Hoopa, who was killed in action in Italy. The youngster stood straight, as befits the son of a warrior, and listened to the words of the citation: "For heroic achievement in action against the enemy from September 10 to September 23, 1944."

Then he solemnly shook the proffered hand of brigadier General Oscar B. Abbott, who made the award. The ceremony was held at the Arcata Naval Auxiliary Air Station near Eureka, California, on April 6, 1945.

Alec has two uncles in the service. One, Fireman Henry Hodge, is on sea duty in the South Pacific, while the other, Pvt. James Hodge, is serving in Europe. Both uncles are graduates of Sherman Institute and are the sons of Mrs. Carrie Hodge of Trinidad, California.

Ordeal by Fire

The citation accompanying the Bronze Star Medal awarded to Pvt. Houston Stevens, Kickapoo from Shawnee, Oklahoma, reads:

"For heroic achievement near St. Raphael, France, on 15 August 1944. Struck by an aerial bomb as it neared shore during the invasion of Southern France, LST 282 was burning fiercely and ammunition aboard was exploding continuously. Unmindful of the intense heat and the exploding ammunition, Pvt. Stevens manned a 50-caliber machine gun located within ten yards of the explosion. Though his hair and eyebrows were singed by the spreading flames, he remained at his post and continued to fire the gun at the enemy plane. By his devotion to duty, Pvt. Stevens prevented additional damage by the plane. His action reflects credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States."

With the Famous Ivy Leaf

Sgt. Perry Skenandore, Oneida from Wisconsin, wears two rows of ribbons, as well as the blue bar for the Presidential Unit Citation. He has been awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, and the Soldier's Medal. His European theater ribbon carries three battle stars and the bronze arrow which stands for the invasion of Normandy. Sgt. Skenandore is a member of the 4th Infantry Division, the Ivy Leaf, a fighting outfit which is described by a Stars and Stripes correspondent as follows:

"After 199 days, ending March 9, in continuous contact with the German army, the 4th Division closed a chapter that carried it through some of the most famous battles of the present war.

"Starting on August 24 with the headlong rush into Paris, which they liberated the next day, the 4th's men never lost sight of the grey-uniformed Wehrmacht until they had it on the run towards the Rhine.

"Included in the nearly seven months of grinding up Nazi hordes were the mad dash across Northern France and Belgium; the liberation of such towns as Chauny, St. Quentin, St. Hubert, Bastogne, and St. Vith. The doughs never stopped their eastward drive until they had bowled through the Siegfried Line. the 4th Division was the first unit to enter German soil on September 11.

"History has recorded their successful but

bloody Battle of the Huertgen Forest and their magnificent stand before the city of Luxembourg in those dark days of December, when, according to Lt. Gen. George Patton, Jr., 'a tired division halted the left shoulder of the German thrust into the American lines and saved the city of Luxembourg.'

"From this action the Ivy Leaf Division went over to the offensive, crossing the Sure River and eating into the bulge the enemy had built up. Switching to the St. Vith sector, they fought their way through the Siegfried Line in exactly the same place where they had pushed through in September. This made four times they had passed through the maze of steel and concrete that was once considered almost impregnable."

Sgt. Skenandore has a good deal to tell about his division and its accomplishments against the Nazis, but little information about himself. The ribbons, however, speak for him.

Held the Lines

The Bronze Star Medal was awarded to Corporal Calvin Flying Bye, Sioux, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, "for heroic achievement in Germany on 29 and 30 November 1944. . . . During these two days, when his division attacked a fortified enemy town, communication lines between the forward observer and his battalion were severed. In spite of heavy enemy fire which was falling not more than 15 yards from him, he checked the lines and constantly maintained them without getting any sleep for 48 hours. His courage and devotion to duty reflect great credit upon himself and the military service."

An Alaskan Scores

Pfc. Herbert Bremner, Tlingit, of Yakutat, Alaska, has been given the Bronze Star for heroic action in Holland:

"While the Anti-Tank Platoon which was supporting the assault battalion was moving its weapons forward to engage four enemy tanks which were holding up the progress of the battalion, two of the prime movers were damaged by intense mortar and machine gun fire, and it was necessary to repair them before they could be used to move the weapons into position. Without regard for his personal safety, Private Bremner manned the machine gun, which was in an exposed position on top of one of the vehicles. His determined, accurate fire forced the enemy tanks to withdraws, thus permitting the battalion to advance to its objective. The high standard of courage of Private Bremner was a large factor in enabling the battalion to gain its objective and is a distinct credit to this soldier and the military service."

Inspired His Comrades

Marion W. McKeever, Flathead, from Montana, was awarded the Bronze Star posthumously "for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, on March 10, 1944. During a counterattack to destroy the enemy forces, when his platoon made an advance against enemy positions, Pvt. McKeever moved up aggressively to engage the enemy. Moving up as far as possible he crossed a machine gun lane and the enemy opened fire, killing him instantly. Because of his daring movement in spite of the heavy fire, he was one of the most forward men of the platoon. His action was cool and brave and was an inspiration to all who served with him."

The Bronze Star for an Infantryman

A posthumous award of the Bronze Star Medal was made to Cpl. Jack E. Mattz, Yurok-Smith River Indian from Grants Pass, Oregon. During an assault on enemy lines in Holland, Cpl. Mattz crept forward toward a dugout containing a large number of the enemy, killed several of them with his sub-machine gun, and when his ammunition ran out, accounted for the rest by using hand grenades. A few hours later he was killed by shell fire.

Saved by Partisans

Two Indian gunners with the 15th Air Force, based in Italy, had similar stories to tell of parachute jumps in Balkan territory. S-Sgt. Cornelius Wakolee, Potawatomi, from Kansas, was forced to bail out over Yugoslavia when his Liberator bomber was hit by heavy flak. He was reported missing on October 14, and returned to duty some six weeks later, after a long walk, guided across enemy-held

territory by Yugoslav partisans. Some months afterward, T-Sgt. Ray Gonyea, from the Onondaga Reservation, New York, made a similar jump and landed in a village held by the partisans, who helped him and his crew back to their base--after an hilarious celebration. Sgt. Gonyea holds the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and the Purple Heart. Sgt. Wakolee has three clusters to the Air Medal.

Purple Heart, Four Cluster

Danny B. Marshall, Creek, from Holdenville, Oklahoma, has evaded death dozens of times and has been wounded eight times. Five of his wounds required hospital treatment, but the other three times he had first aid and did not report at a hospital. He has been hit in the face, head, arms, leg, and back, and has the Purple Heart with four clusters, the Bronze Star, the Good Conduct medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and five battle stars for service in Italy, including the Anzio beachhead and Rome, and the invasion of Southern France.

A Submarine Veteran

"The greatest thrill of all," said John Redday, Sioux, from South Dakota, "was to pass through the golden Gate and set foot again on American soil." This remark was made after 21 months' service in a submarine patrolling South Pacific waters. During this time the sub sank fourteen and damaged seven enemy vessels. Among them was one of Japan's largest freighters, which was destroyed by gunfire alone.

John Redday

The thrills and dangers of submarine warfare were many, according to Redday. Once a sub-chaser, disguised as a transport, discovered them while they were surfaced, and depth charges fell all around them before they could submerge. The charges were so terrific that the overhead motors were sheared off. Another time an enemy destroyer caught their propguard with a grappling iron and pulled them forty feet toward the surface before they could get away. In escaping they dived far below normal depth and the pressure was so great that water leaked in from all sides.

Redday was transferred to the Veterans' Hospital at Minneapolis a year ago because of tuberculosis, and is slowly improving in the free air of his homeland.

A Navajo Fights on Two Fronts

Dragging one wounded soldier, helping support another, his own back and legs torn by shrapnel, a twenty-year-old Navajo made his way across three hundred yards of knee-deep snow. Safe in his own lines again, he did not bother to go to the aid station. This is only one of the stories told about Sgt. Clifford Etsitty, a star patrol scout of the Western front. Another time he was within 30 yards of the enemy when a machine gun opened up on his patrol. "The Chief," as he is known in the Army, flattened out and with six shots finished the half-dozen Nazis who barred his way.

Etsitty received his first Purple Heart on Attu, where he killed 40 Japs in 20 days. This was night ambush detail. Clad in white snow suits, the soldiers lay in wait for enemies and

picked them off as they approached. The cold, dangerous work ended when a bursting mortar shell smashed the Navajo's jaw and sent him to the hospital for seven months. As soon as he was discharged, he was sent to the 99th Division and continued his remarkable career on the German front.

Foresight and Sound Decision

The Bronze Star has also been received by Staff Sgt. David E. Kenote, Wisconsin Menominee, "for meritorious service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States, in France, from 1 August 1944 to 31 October 1944. Sgt. Kenote inaugurated a system of stock records and a procedure for requisitioning which enabled the Adjutant General, Third United States Army, successfully to supply and distribute War Department publications and blank forms to Third Army troops. The foresight of this non-commissioned officer, and his careful planning and energetic execution achieved continuous supply during all phases of a rapidly moving operation. His plans were simple and workable, and his decisions were sound. The zealous devotion to duty of Sgt. Kenote reflects great credit upon himself and the military forces of the United States."

Sgt. Jimmy Declay, Apache, stands guard at the gateway to Rome as the U.S. Army enters the city.

Awards for Valor

Congressional Medal of Honor
Lt. Jack C. Montgomery	Cherokee, Oklahoma
Lt. Ernest Childers	Creek, Oklahoma
Silver Star
S/Sgt. Francis B. Brave	Sioux, Oklahoma
Lt. William Sixkiller, Jr.	Cherokee, Oklahoma
Pfc. Warren Gullickson	Sioux, South Dakota
Pfc. James R. Alexander	Lummi, Washington
Cpl. Leonard Webber	Shoshone, Idaho
Lt. James Sulphur	Creek, Oklahoma
T/4 Rober K. Paul	Blackfeet, Montana
Sgt. Knowlton Merritt	Klamath-Modoc, Oregon
Sgt. Perry Skenandore	Oneida, Wisconsin
Pfc. Ben Quintana	Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico
Cpl. Vincent Village Center	Sioux, South Dakota
T/Sgt. Joseph Lawrence	Sioux, South Dakota
Pfc. Francis Shaw	Paiute, Nevada
Pfc. Philip Kowice	Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
Lt. Jack C. Montgomery	Cherokee, Oklahoma
Sgt. Bob Allen	Choctaw, Mississippi
Pvt. Blaine Queen	Cherokee, North Carolina
Pvt. Eugene Roubideaux	Sioux, South Dakota
Pfc. Alonzo Enos	Pima, Arizona
Pfc. Albert Wahweotten	Potawatomi, Kansas
Sgt. Clifford Etsitty	Navajo, New Mexico
Bert G. Eaglehorse	Sioux, South Dakota
Pfc. George W. Walker	Cherokee, North Carolina
Sgt. Leo Upshaw	Navajo, New Mexico
Pfc. Thurman E. Nanomantube	Iowa-Choctaw, Kansas
Pfc. Norris L. Galvez	Papago. Arizona
Pvt. Vincent Hunts Horses	Sioux, South Dakota
Distinguished Flying Cross
Lt. William R. Fredenberg	Menominee, Wisconsin
Lt. Richard Balenti	Cheyenne-Haida, Oklahoma
S/Sgt. Peter N. Jackson	Hoopa, California
S/Sgt. Shuman Shaw	Paiute, California
S/Sgt. Neil McKinnon	Yurok, California (1 cluster)
S/Sgt. Alfred Dalpino	Shoshone, Idaho
T/Sgt. Theodore S. Breiner	Sioux, North Dakota
S/Sgt. Ernest DuBray	Blackfeet, Montana (3 clusters)
Lt. Alfred Houser	Apache, Oklahoma (1 cluster)
S/Sgt. Albert Lopez	Delaware, Oklahoma
Lt. Edward Tinker	Osage, Oklahoma (2 clusters)
S/Sgt. Archie Hawkins	Sioux, South Dakota
S/Sgt. Steve Brown	Paiute, Nevada
T/Sgt. Harold E. Rogers	Seneca, Oklahoma
S/Sgt. Robert C. Kirkaldie	Assiniboine, Montana

S-Sgt. Francis B. Brave

T-4 Roger K. Paul

Pfc. Alonzo Enos

Awards for Valor

Air Medal
S/Sgt. Roger Worlee	Paiute, Nevada (9 clusters)
S/Sgt. Shuman Shaw	Paiute, California (3 clusters)
T/Sgt. Waldron A. Frazier	Sioux, South Dakota
S/Sgt. Cornelius L. Wakolee	Potawatomi, Okla. (3 clusters)
S/Sgt. Clifton J. Rabideaux	Chippewa, Minn. (5 clusters)
S/Sgt. Peter N. Jackson	Hoopa, California
T/Sgt. Oliver Gibbs	Chippewa, Minnesota (3 clusters)
Lt. Charles Smith	Bannock, Idaho
S/Sgt. Alfred Dalpino	Shoshone, Idaho (12 clusters)
Lt. John Cook	Mohawk, New York
T/Sgt. Orus Baxter, Jr.	Creek, Oklahoma
S/Sgt. Abe Zuni	Isleta Pueblo, N.M. (3 clusters)
T/Sgt. Forrest J. Gerard	Blackfeet, Montana
S/Sgt. Jesse LaBuff	Blackfeet, Montana (2 clusters)
Sgt. Floyd Monroe	Blackfeet, Montana (1 cluster)
Lt. Kenneth M. Lee	Sioux, South Dakota (1 cluster)
Pfc. Albert E. Fairbanks	Chippewa, Minnesota (1 cluster)
S/Sgt. Earl M. Thomas	Lummi, Washington (1 cluster)
Sgt. Cloyd I. Gooday	Apache, Oklahoma
T/Sgt. Kent C. Ware	Kiowa, Oklahoma (2 clusters)
Lt. Myers Wahnee	Comanche, Oklahoma (clusters)
S/Sgt. Fred B. Larmer	Sioux, South Dakota
Sgt. John C. Rustemeyer	Sioux, South Dakota
T/Sgt. Cleveland J. Bordeaux	Sioux, S. Dak. (4 clusters)
Sgt. Lawrence R. Morris	Iowa, Kansas
S/Sgt. John Lee Redeagle	Quapaw, Oklahoma
S/Sgt. Albert Lopez	Delaware, Oklahoma (1 cluster)
S/Sgt. Glenn Black	Quilleute, Washington (4 clusters)
Sgt. Joseph Black	Quilleute, Washington
Lt. John C. Dirickson	Osage, Oklahoma (1 cluster)
S/Sgt. Blaze Savage	Chippewa, Minnesota
S/Sgt. Archie Hawkins	Sioux, South Dakota
S/Sgt. Steve Brown	Paiute, Nevada
T/Sgt. Harold E. Rogers	Seneca, Oklahoma (9 clusters)
Lt. Charles E. Harris	Pawnee, Oklahoma (1 cluster)
S-Sgt. Robert C. Kirkaldie	Assiniboine, Montana (3 clusters)
Distinguished Flying Cross (British)
Lt. Gilmore C. Daniel (RCAF)	Osage, Oklahoma
Distinguished Service Order (British)
Lt. Gilmore C. Daniel (RCAF)	Osage, Oklahoma
Soldier's Medal
Sgt. Perry Skenandore	Oneida, Wisconsin

Pfc. James R. Alexander

S-Sgt. Albert Lopez

Lt. Charles Edward Harris

Awards for Valor

Bronze Star Medal
Pfc. Herbert M. Bremner	Tlingit, Alaska
S/Sgt. David E. Kenote	Menominee, Wisconsin
Pfc. William A. Davis	Chippewa, North Dakota
Cpl. Samuel Powvall	Mission, California
Pfc. Bernard Tracy	Navajo, New Mexico
Pfc. Otto Hodge	Yurok, California
Cpl. Leonard Webber	Shoshone, Idaho
Cpl. Jimmy Begay	Navajo, New Mexico
Sgt. Louis Provost	Omaha, South Dakota
Pfc. Harvey Natchees	Ute, Utah
Pfc. Danny B. Marshall	Creek, Oklahoma
T/5 Calvin Daily	Otoe, Oklahoma
Pfc. Roy Toledo	Navajo, New Mexico
Walter Key Biye, AOM 2/c	Navajo, Arizona
Pfc. Augustine Smith	Paiute-Klamath, Oregon
S/Sgt. Walter J. Roberts	Seminole, Oklahoma
Cpl. Calvin Flying Bye	Sioux, South Dakota
Cpl. Bert Orben Good	Chippewa, Minnesota
T/5 Warren Adams	Blackfeet-Gros Ventre, Montana
Lt. Myron W. Anderson	Blackfeet, Montana
Pvt. Marion McKeever	Flathead, Montana
Sgt. Perry Skenandore	Oneida, Wisconsin
Pfc. Joe C. Lewis	Papago, Arizona
Cpl. Ramon Juan	Papago, Arizona
T/3 John E. Snyder	Seneca, New York
Pfc. John W. Kionut	Caddo, Oklahoma
Sgt. Lanert Brown Eyes	Sioux, South Dakota
Cpl. Garfield T. Brown	Sioux, South Dakota
Sgt. Norman Janis	Sioux, South Dakota
Pfc. Carl Broken Rope	Sioux, South Dakota
Donald O'Neal	Arapaho, Wyoming
Sgt. Bert H. Jefferson	Lummi, Washington
Pfc. Leonard Johnny	Nooksack, Washington
Pfc. August L. Smith	Makah-Lummi, Washington
Lt. James M. Ware	Osage, Oklahoma
Pvt. Lester D. Douglas	Navajo, New Mexico
Nat Becenti	Navajo, New Mexico
Sgt. Jose P. Benavidez	Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
Pfc. Harvey Walking Eagle	Sioux, South Dakota
Cpl. Jack E. Mattz	Yurok, California
Pvt. Houston Stevens	Kickapoo, Oklahoma
Sgt. Leo Upshaw	Navajo, New Mexico
Sgt. Augustine Chico	Papago, Arizona
Cpl. Ralph Andres	Papago, Arizona
Cpl. Lyndreth Palmer	Kiowa, Oklahoma
Pvt. LeRoy Hamlin	Ute, Colorado
Pvt. Vance Broken Rope	Sioux, South Dakota
Pvt. Leonard White Bull	Sioux, South Dakota
Pvt. Alex Hernandez	Sioux, South Dakota
Pfc. Clyde Smith	Hualapai, Arizona

Pfc. William A. Davis

Pfc. Thurman Nonomantube

S-Sgt. Archive Hawkins

Ceremonial Dances in the Pacific

(One of the last stories written by Ernie Pyle before his tragic death on Ie Island was about the Indians of the First Marine Division on Okinawa. It is reprinted here by permission of Scripps-Howard Newspapers and United Feature Syndicate, Inc. The ceremonial dances, according to Marine Combat Correspondent Walter Wood, included the Apache Devil Dance, the Eagle Dance, the Hoop Dance, the War Dance, and the Navajo Mountain Chant. Besides the Navajos, Sioux, Comanche, Apache, Pima, Kiowa, Pueblo, and Crow Indians took part in the ceremonies.)

By ERNIE PYLE

Okinawa--(By Navy Radio)--Back nearly two years ago when I was with Oklahoma's 45th Division in Sicily and later in Italy, I learned that they had a number of Navajo Indians in communications.

When secret orders had to be given over the phone these boys gave them to one another in Navajo. Practically nobody in the world understands Navajo except another Navajo.

Well, my regiment of First Division marines has the same thing. There are about eight Indians who do this special work. They are good Marines and are very proud of being so.

There are two brothers among them, both named Joe. Their last names are the ones that are different. I guess that's a Navajo custom, though I never knew of it before.

One brother, Pfc. Joe Gatewood, went to the Indian School in Albuquerque. In fact our house is on the very same street, and Joe said it sure was good to see somebody from home.

Joe has been out here three years. He is 34 and has five children back home whom he would like to see. He was wounded several months ago and got the Purple Heart.

Joe's brother is Joe Kellwood who has also been out here three years. A couple of the others are Pfc. Alex Williams of Winslow, Ariz., and Pvt. Oscar Carroll of Fort Defiance, Ariz., which is the capital of the Navajo reservation. Most of the boys are from around Fort Defiance and used to work for the Indian Bureau.

The Indian boys knew before we got to Okinawa that the invasion landing wasn't going to be very tough. They were the only ones in the convoy who did know it. For one thing they saw signs and for another they used their own influence.

Before the convoy left the far south tropical island where the Navajos had been training since the last campaign, the boys put on a ceremonial dance.

The Red Cross furnished some colored cloth and paint to stain their faces. They made up the rest of their Indian costumes from chicken feathers, sea shells, coconuts, empty ration cans and rifle cartridges.

Then they did their own native ceremonial chants and dances out there under the tropical palm trees with several thousand Marines as a grave audience.

In their chant they asked the great gods in the sky to sap the Japanese of their strength for this blitz. They put the finger of weakness on the Japs. And then they ended their ceremonial chant by singing the Marine Corps song in Navajo.

I asked Joe Gatewood if he really felt their dance had something to do with the ease of our landing and he said the boys did believe so and were very serious about it, himself included.

"I knew nothing was going to happen to us," Joe said, "for on the way up here there was a rainbow over the convoy and I knew then everything would be all right."

Navajos dance on a beach in the Solomons. Photo U.S. Army Signal Corps.

A Choctaw Leads the Guerrillas

In April 1945, after more than three years as a guerrilla leader in the Philippines, Lt. Col. Edward Ernest McClish came home to Okmulgee, Oklahoma, where his family, who had refused to believe him dead, waited for him. Some of his story has been told in American Guerrilla in the Philippines, by Ira Wolfert, and other details have been added in a report given to the Public Relations Bureau of the War Department by Col. McClish. It is an extraordinary tale of accomplishment against great odds.

Lt. Col. McClish, a Choctaw, who graduated from Haskell Institute in 1929 and from Bacone College two years later, was called to active duty in the National Guard in 1940, and early in 1941 he arrived in the Philippines, where he became commander of a company of Philippine Scouts. In August he went to Panay to mobilize units of the Philippine Army there, and as commander of the Third Battalion he moved his men to Negros, where they were stationed when the war broke out. Late in December they crossed by boat to Mindanao, and there all the Moro bolo battalions were added to McClish's command.

The Japanese did not reach Mindanao until April 29, 1942, shortly before the American capitulation on Luzon, and Col. McClish's men fought them for nearly three weeks. When forces on the island finally surrendered, McClish, a casualty in the hospital, some distance from headquarters, was fortunately unable to join his men. Instead of capitulating he began to organize a guerrilla army.

By September 1942, he had an organization of more than 300 soldiers, with four machine guns, 150 rifles, and six boxes of ammunition. Some American and Filipino officers had escaped capture and joined the staff. In the early stages of the organization, McClish got word of a Colonel Fertig, of the Army Engineers, who was working along similar lines in the western part of Mindanao, and he managed to reach Fertig by travelling in a small sailboat along the coast. The two men decided to consolidate their commands, and Colonel Fertig asked McClish to organize the fighting forces in the four eastern provinces of the island as the 110th Division.

Organization was at first very difficult. Independent guerrilla bands had sprung up all over the island, some of them composed of robbers and bandits who terrorized the villages. Some were anti-American, says Colonel McClish. Most of them lacked military training and education. But slowly the work proceeded. The bandits were disarmed and jailed; the friendly natives were trained, and young men qualified to be officers were commissioned. By the spring of 1943 McClish had assembled a full-strength regiment in each of the three provinces, a fourth had been started, and Division headquarters staff had been completed.

Simultaneously with the military organization, civil governments were set up in each province. Wherever possible, the officials who had held jobs in pre-war days were reappointed, provided that they had not collaborated with the Japanese. Provincial and municipal officials worked hand in hand with the military, and helped greatly to build up the army's strength.

Because of the shortage of food, reports Colonel McClish, a Food Administrator and a Civil and Judicial Committee were appointed to begin agricultural and industrial rehabilitation. Army projects for the production of food and materials of war were begun throughout the Division area, and all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 50 were required to give one day's work each week to one of these projects. They raised vegetables, pigs, poultry, sugar cane, and other foods. The manufacture of soap, alcohol, and coconut oil was started. Fishing was encouraged. In some of the provinces food production was increased beyond the peacetime level. The civilians realized that they were part of the army, and that only a total effort could defeat the enemy.

The public relations office published a newspaper, and headquarters kept in communication

with the regiments in each province by radio, by telephone (when wire was available), or by runner. The guerrillas acquired launches and barges which had been kept hidden from the Japanese, and these were operated by home-made alcohol and coconut oil. Seven trucks provided more transport, but it was safer and easier to use the sea than the land. In order to maintain their motor equipment, they "obtained" a complete machine shop from a Japanese lumbering company in their territory.

From September 15, 1942, to January 1, 1945, while McClish's work of organization and administration was continuing, his guerrilla forces were fighting the Japanese, and more than 350 encounters--ambushes, raids on patrols and small garrisons, and general engagements--were listed on their records. One hundred and fifteen men were killed and sixty-four wounded. Enemy losses were estimated at more than 3000 killed and six hundred wounded. The guerrillas finally made contact with the American forces in the South Pacific and supplied them with valuable information about the enemy which was extremely helpful when the time for the invasion of the Philippines came at last. They did their part in bringing about the final victory in the Pacific.

An Empty Saddle

"If I should be killed, I want you to bury me on one of the hills east of the place where my grandparents and brothers and sisters and other relative are buried.

"If you have a memorial service, I want the soldiers to go ahead with the American flag. I want cowboys to follow, all on horseback. I want one of the cowboys to lead one of the wildest of the T over X horses with saddle and bridle on.

"I will be riding that horse."

Such were the written instructions left by Pvt. Clarence Spotted Wolf, full-blood Gros Ventre, with his tribesmen. He was killed December 21, 1944, in Luxembourg.

Pvt. Spotted Wolf was born May 18, 1914. He entered the service in January, 1942, and a year later was transferred to a tank battalion. He went overseas in August, 1944.

On January 28, in Elbowoods, North Dakota, the memorial service he had foreseen was held in his honor. It was an impressive ceremony. The Stars and Stripes presided over the winter-bare hills where Clarence Spotted Wolf's family and friends carried out his wishes. There were soldiers; there were cowboys; and his own saddle had been placed on the T over X horse, which was led in the procession. It is pleasing to fancy the spirits of brave warriors long departed watching benignly from the Happy Hunting Grounds.

As for the empty saddle--who knows?

Pvt. Clarence Spotted Wolf.

We Honor These Dead

Arizona
Lonnie Allen	Apache (San Carlos)	Pacific
Adam Harney	Apache (San Carlos)	France
Ernest Stanley	Apache (San Carlos)	Luxembourg
Johnnie Goodluck	Navajo	France
Haskell A. Osife	Pima
Antony Jose	Pima
Joe Terry	Pima
Willacot Anton	Pima
Robert E. Allison	Pima
Joshua Morris	Pima
Leander Shelde	Pima
Joseph Thomas	Pima
Percy Osife	Pima
Fred Washington	Pima
Phillip Largo	Pima
Thomas Throssell	Papago	U.S.A.
Alfred Perkins	Pima	Leyte
Alfred Ferguson	Maricopa	France
Frank Banashley	Apache (Fort Apache)	Luzon
Thomas Altaha	Apache (Fort Apache)	Italy
Ralph Aday	Apache (Fort Apache)	Germany
Norman Puhuquaptewa	Hopi	Luxembourg
Walter Nelson	Navajo	Luzon
Stetson Pahayeoma	Hopi	Leyte
Walter Keyannie	Navajo	Luxembourg
Kayah Gale	Navajo	Pacific
Harold Poncho	Hopi	France
Clarence Beeson	Hopi	Germany
Allen Honawahoya	Hopi	Pacific
Roy Hoahtewa	Hopi	Philippines
Alfonso Zeyouma	Hopi	U.S.A.
Eugene Mansfield	Hopi	U.S.A.
Alton Kidde	Apache (San Carlos)	Pacific
Evans Reede	Apache (San Carlos)	New Britain
Frank Reede	Apache (San Carlos)	Luzon
Edmund Smith	Navajo	Germany
Silas Lefthand	Navajo	Luzon
Fred R. Loukai	Navajo	Burma
Felix Ashley	Navajo	Pacific
Sam J. Earl	Navajo	Luzon
Antonio J. Alvarez	Papago	France
Alonzo Antone	Papago	Belgium
Ventura B.	Papago	Italy
Venito M. Condio	Papago	Luzon
Austin Francisco	Papago	Luzon
Lawrence Garcia	Papago	Italy
Joe Gonzales	Papago	Luzon
Joe C. Lewis	Papago	Luzon
Dennis Manuel	Papago	Pacific
Fred James	Pima	Pacific
Henry Isaac Norris	Papago	England
Joseph Hendricks	Papago	Luzon
Stephen Thomas Carrillo	Papago	Okinawa
Johnston Peters	Pima	Germany
Edward Harris	Papago	Okinawa

Adam Harney

Thomas Throssell

Reginaldo Helms

Raymond T. Carrillo Papago Okinawa

Alfred Tsosie Navajo Bougainville

Elwood King Navajo Iwo Jima

Joe Singer Navajo Philippines

Tom Singer Navajo Peleliu

Walter Key Biye Navajo Pacific

California

Reginaldo Helms Mission (Soboba) Belgium

John P. Emeterio Sacramento Belgium

Otto Hodge Yurok Italy

Baron D. Risling Hoopa U.S.A.

Romaldo Natt Yurok Italy

Joe Blacktooth Mission (Pala) Japan

Augustine Quevas Mission (Santa Ysabel) Japan

Lee M. Angel Mission (Mesa Grande) Germany

Gilbert Cleland Mission (Mesa Grande) Germany

George Estrada Mission (Mesa Grande) Saipan

Steve Levi Mission (Torres-Martinez) Saipan

Merced Norte Mission (Los Coyotes) France

Gene Pablo Mission (Santa Ysabel) Pacific

Philip Peters Mission (Pauma) U.S.A.

Fred Rodriquez Mission (Rincon) Germany

Bob Smith Mission (Mesa Grande) Germany

Wilfred Ward Mission (La Jolla) Germany

William Besoain Karok

Melvin Cadoza Hoopa (Smith River) Saipan

Henry Davis Hoopa (Weott)

John Duncan Hoopa (Wailaki) Holland

Charles L. Henderson Hoopa (Mattole)

James Ladd Klamath Italy

Eugene Lewis Yurok Iwo Jima

Jack Mattz Yurok Holland

Leonard W. Mosely Hoopa (Eel River)

Floyd Pilgrim Klamath

Arthur Case, Jr. Karok

Colorado

Albert Box Ute Leyte

Wilbur Washington Ute Italy

Elmer Lewis Navajo

Idaho

James Burt Shoshone Luzon

Howard Cutler Shoshone Atlantic

Stanley George Shoshone Europe

Matthew Honenah Shoshone Europe

Nelson Ingawanup Shoshone Europe

James Mosho, Jr. Shoshone Europe

Adolph Alexie Couer D'Alene Okinawa

Kansas

William Lasley Potawatomi Italy

Herbert H. DeRoin Iowa France

Paul G. Wamego Potawatomi Germany

Edgar H. Goslin Kickapoo Pacific

Minnesota

Daniel McKenzie Chippewa Holland

James L. Johnson Chippewa France

Jacob Anderson Chippewa France

Stephen Thomas Carrillo

Ernest Stanley

Daniel McKenzie

Adolph King Chippewa France

Lewis E. Taylor Chippewa Germany

George Sheehy Chippewa Italy

Francis S. Bushman Chippewa Manchukuo

James I. Cook Chippewa Luzon

George Kelly Chippewa France

Peter Morgan Chippewa France

Vincent Zimmerman Chippewa Europe

John S. Mercer Chippewa Germany

Joseph Weaver Chippewa Belgium

Ralph Robinson Chippewa Germany

Richard Johnson Chippewa Africa

Jesse J. Tibbetts Chippewa English Channel

Sylvester Charboneau Chippewa At Sea

Lyman Tanner Chippewa Luzon

Richard Boshey Chippewa Belgium

Wesley Eagle Chippewa Pacific

William Potter Chippewa Italy

Robert TeJohn Chippewa Luzon

Hubert Williams Chippewa Belgium

Richard Sailor Chippewa France

Martin E. Simons Chippewa Pacific

Robert Belland Chippewa Italy

Eddie Brown Chippewa Italy

George Brunette Chippewa U.S.A.

Dominic Misquadace Chippewa

Lawrence Carl Chippewa Luzon

Dean Ottershaw Chippewa Pacific

Clifford John Antell Chippewa Pacific

Mississippi

Bob Allen Choctaw Solomons

Gibson T. McMillan Choctaw Luzon

Emmett Jackson Choctaw Germany

Able Sam Choctaw Germany

John Day Isaac Choctaw U.S.A.

Raymond Martin Choctaw Germany

Montana

Murry L. Williamson Blackfeet Luzon

Fredrick Bauer, Jr. Sioux Luzon

Sam Dives Backwards Cheyenne Luzon

George B. Magee, Jr. Blackfeet France

Wilbur Spang Cheyenne U.S.A.

Daniel L. Pablo Flathead Germany

Warren L. Gardipe Flathead Philippines

Leonard R. Jette Flathead

Joseph O. Pronovost Flathead Pacific

William Pronovost Flathead

Louis C. Charlo flathead Iwo Jima

Oswald A. Felsman Flathead France

Pascal Bohn Flathead Belgium

Julian A. Pablo Flathead Philippines

Clarence L. Marengo Flathead Italy

Elmer C. Ladue Flathead

Fredrick E. Kasko Flathead

Isaac Matt Flathead Germany

Elvin Matt Flathead Germany

Harvey W. Ducharme Flathead Germany

Lawrence Carl

Murry Williamson

Sam Dives Backwards

Francis Heavyrunner Blackfeet France

Eugene Horn Blackfeet Leyte

William Wolftail Blackfeet France

Fred De Roche Blackfeet Belgium

Patrick Reevis Blackfeet Luzon

William Allison, Jr. Blackfeet Germany

Charles Stewart Blackfeet Pacific

Roger K. Paul Blackfeet France

Melvin Rides at the Door Blackfeet Germany

Joseph Long Knife Assiniboine Luzon

Benjamin Chopwood Assiniboine Italy

Pius Wing Assiniboine France

Richard King, Jr. Assiniboine France

Murphy Gunn Assiniboine Pacific

Nebraska

Thomas H. Harrison Winnebago France

Nevada

Seymour Arnot Washoe Pacific

Stanley Winnemucca Paiute

Francis Shaw Paiute Africa

Henry West, Jr. Paiute

Scott Green Paiute

Arthur F. Jones Paiute Africa

Mike Drew Paiute Italy

Edward Joe Washoe Peleliu

Sidney Jack Paiute Europe

Clarence Hanks Paiute Europe

Warren Wilson Paiute Pacific

New Mexico

James Romero Laguna Pueblo

Alex Fragua Jemez Pueblo France

Pablo Fragua Jemez Pueblo

Ben Quintana Cochiti Pueblo Philippines

Anthony Mitchell Navajo France

Osborne Sam Navajo

Jack Antonio Acoma Pueblo Germany

Jose R. Lucero Isleta Pueblo

Alfonso G. Nahkai Navajo Palau Islands

Aghe Beligoody Navajo France

Silas Yazzie Navajo Italy

Jim Tom Navajo France

David Harvey Navajo Germany

Bernard Dolan Apache (Mescalero) Belgium

Martin Aragon Laguna Pueblo France

Kee Y. Chico Navajo France

Earl Ayze Navajo France

Vincent Wemytewa Zuni Germany

Harry White Navajo Italy

John C. Nelson Navajo Leyte

Paul G. Chaves Acoma Pueblo

Jose Cruz Duran San Felipe Pueblo

Jose C. Tenorio San Felipe Pueblo Pacific

Raymond Rosetta Santo Domingo Pueblo

Richard Jamon Zuni Luzon

Joe Ben Navajo Luzon

Hilario Armijo Jemez Pueblo Germany

Cypriano Herrera Tesuque Pueblo Europe

Louis M. Charlo

Patrick Reevis

Francis Heavyrunner

Jimmie Weahke Zuni Italy

John Wesley Romero Laguna Pueblo Belgium

Harley Kantenna Zuni Italy

Paul Kinlahcheeny Navajo Iwo Jima

Jose E. Lopez Santa Ana Pueblo

George Vicenti Apache (Jicarilla) Romania

Frank Lucero Laguna Pueblo Pacific

Jose Chewiwi Isleta Pueblo Europe

Jose Romero Santa Ana Pueblo Pacific

Vicenti Mirabal Taos Pueblo Germany

Sam Morgan Navajo Iwo Jima

Edgar Lunasee Zuni Philippines

Jose F. Mirabal Santa Clara Pueblo

Mariano Pacheco Laguna Pueblo Italy

Paul Fernando Laguna Pueblo Germany

Joe B. Garcia Santo Domingo Pueblo Europe

Ted Bird Santo Domingo Pueblo Germany

Jimmy Rodriguez Laguna Pueblo

Marce L. Korris Santo Domingo Pueblo Okinawa

Harold White Navajo Italy

Sidney David Navajo Philippines

Jay Delawashie Navajo Philippines

John Martin Navajo Philippines

New York

Collins Moses Seneca Germany

Henry Powless Onondaga Tarawa

Sylvester Thompson Mohawk France

Silas William Chew Tuscarora Europe

Ernest Printup Tuscarora Europe

Archie Oakes Mohawk Europe

Louis Barnes Mohawk France

Andrew Cook Mohawk Manila

Francis Jock Mohawk At Sea

Clarence Carnon Tonawanda-Seneca At Sea

John Seabrean Tonawanda-Seneca Sicily

Carroll Patterson Tonawanda-Seneca France

Kenneth Fatty Onondaga France

Linas Snow Seneca France

Roland Redeye Seneca

Harlan Laye Seneca Germany

Francis Waterman Onondaga Tarawa

Kenneth Parker Seneca

Raymond John Seneca

Frank Doxtator Seneca

North Carolina

Mark J. Rattler Cherokee Pacific

Isaac Ross Cherokee Pacific

Vernon Sneed Cherokee Germany

Enos Thompson Cherokee Luxembourg

William Taylor, Jr. Cherokee Pacific

Adam West Driver Cherokee Iwo Jima

Jeremiah Toineeta Cherokee Germany

Blaine Queen Cherokee Germany

Richmond Lambert Cherokee Germany

Edward Hardin Cherokee Pacific

Clarence Murphy Cherokee U.S.A.

Joshua Shell Cherokee Okinawa

Blaine Queen

Adam West Driver

Johnnie Buckner

North Dakota

Donald Hosie Arikara Holland

Philip Lohnes Sioux (Fort Totten) New Britain

Clarence Spotted Wolf Gros Ventre Luxembourg

Leonard Red Tomahawk Sioux (Standing Rock) Leyte

William A. Davis Chippewa New Guinea

Joseph R. Agard Sioux (Standing Rock) Marianas

Wallace J. Demery Sioux (Standing Rock) Ireland

Louis Calvin Noel Sioux (Standing Rock) Belgium

Matthew American Horse Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

Earle Defender Sioux (Standing Rock) Italy

Joseph Goudreau Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

Paul Yankton Sioux (Fort Totten) France

Oklahoma

Harold E. Rogers Seneca Europe

Grant Gover Pawnee France

Dennis W. Bluejacket Shawnee-Cherokee Europe

George Choate, Jr. Cheyenne-Arapaho

Charles Edward Harris Pawnee France

Reuben Mashunkashey Osage Luxembourg

Moses Red Eagle Osage Italy

Mathson Whiteshield Cheyenne-Arapaho

Jim N. Chuculate Five Civilized Tribes Luxembourg

Charles E. Sam Five Civilized Tribes Belgium

Zack L. Smith Ponca Germany

George D. Coons Pawnee Germany

Cornelius Hardman, Jr. Ponca Luxembourg

James L. Douglas Creek Philippines

David Cross, Jr. Caddo-Cheyenne Philippines

Wesley Osage Cheyenne Pacific

Cyrus Packer Cheyenne Europe

Kingsley Allrunner Cheyenne U.S.A.

Wayne Beartrack Cheyenne U.S.A.

Nelson Bearbow Cheyenne U.S.A.

Levi Hosetosavit Comanche France

Rayson Billy Choctaw Sicily

Davis Pickens Choctaw Sicily

Dan Roebuck Choctaw Africa

Lewis E. Wade Choctaw Germany

John Floyd Wall Choctaw Pacific

Edmond Perry Choctaw

John Carney Choctaw

Johnson Harjo Seminole France

Charles W. Imotichey Chickasaw Italy

Hershel L. Malone Chickasaw England

Orus Baxter, Jr. Creek Germany

James Sulphur Creek France

Willie Scott Creek France

Charles G. Keighley Osage Germany

Own Mombi Choctaw Germany

Whitney Holata Seminole England

Sam Fixico Seminole Mediterranean

Johnnie Buckner Creek Pacific

James Paul Fireshaker Ponca Okinawa

John Wallace Choctaw Africa

Andrew Brokeshoulder Choctaw Sicily

T.P. Hattensty Choctaw Anzio

Cornelius Hardman

Grant Gover

James Sulphur

Billie Jack Choctaw New Guinea

Paul B. Blanche Choctaw

Osborne L. Blanche Choctaw Japan

Ray Bohanon Choctaw Europe

Aaron Cusher Choctaw

Hanson H. Jones Choctaw

Walter D. McClure Choctaw

Aaron Watkins Choctaw

LeRoy McNoel Choctaw

Marion Ruling Harris Sac and Fox Tinian

Andrew Warrior Shawnee

Lee Edward Ahcheko Sac and fox Pacific

Thomas P. Carter Sac and Fox

Paul K. Stevens Kickapoo Europe

Donald Beaver Caddo Europe

Raymond Brown Wichita Europe

Thomas Chockpoyah Comanche Europe

Matthew Hawzipta Kiowa Germany

Melvin Myers Comanche Europe

Lyndreth Palmer Kiowa Europe

Louis Rivas Comanche Europe

Ben Trevino, Jr. Comanche Europe

Gilbert Vidana Comanche Europe

Joe Guoladdle Kiowa Pacific

Nathaniel Bitseedy Kiowa-Apache U.S.A.

Dan Madrano, Jr. Caddo Europe

Forrest Tabbyyetchy Comanche U.S.A.

Mont Bruce Williams Caddo U.S.A.

John Stevens Choctaw Europe

Lewis Mitchell Creek Atlantic

Joseph J. King Ottawa Germany

Johnnie F. Gokey Sac and Fox Luzon

Joseph G. Bratton Osage Pacific

Bennett H. Griffin Osage France

Clabe C. Mackey Osage Germany

Joseph L. LaSarge Osage Italy

Harold L. McKinley Osage Philippines

Rudolph McKinley Osage France

Frank Riddle, Jr. Osage Pacific

Milton Otis Ririe Osage Panama

Harold B. Smalley Osage Pacific

Eugene E. Slaughter Osage Pacific

Clarence Tinker, Jr. Osage Mediterranean

Robert E. Warrior Osage France

Elmer C. Weinrich Osage Germany

William Silas Coons Pawnee Italy

Charles G. Red Bird Cheyenne Pacific

William Sixkiller, Jr. Cherokee Saipan

Henry W. Conowoop Comanche Luzon

Floyd Primeaux Ponca

Oregon

Raymond L. Enouf Klamath Pacific

Roscoe Dick Warm Springs Philippines

Gilbert Yahtin Warm Springs Belgium

Wesley Morrisette Walla Walla Italy

James L. Johnson

Lewis E. Taylor

Vincent Village Center

South Dakota

Guy L. Archambeau Sioux (Yankton) U.S.A.

Daniel L. Quickbear Sioux (Rosebud) Africa

Joseph Running Horse Sioux (Rosebud) Peleliu

Raymond Lodge Skin Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Warren C. Bonnin Sioux (Yankton) Guam

Floyd Bear Saves Life Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Philip G. Atkinson Sioux (Rosebud) France

Reuben E. Redfeather Sioux (Rosebud) France

Stanley C. Rogers Sioux (Rosebud) Luzon

Ole J. Johnson Sioux (Sisseton) Germany

James L. Janis Sioux (Pine Ridge) Luxembourg

Waldron Frazier Sioux (Cheyenne River) U.S.A.

Stanley Goodbird Sioux (Sisseton) Africa

Joseph Supangi Sioux (Sisseton) France

William Keoke Sioux (Sisseton) Italy

Louis LaBelle Sioux (Sisseton) France

Arthur F. Sanders Sioux (Sisseton) France

Norman Redthunder Sioux (Sisseton) Germany

Jacob Wood Sioux (Sisseton) Europe

Alexander DuMarce Sioux (Sisseton) Biak Island

Robert Lee White Sioux (Sisseton) U.S.A.

Charles Under Baggage, Jr. Sioux (Pineridge) France

Elmer A. Feather Sioux (Sisseton) Luzon

William Bird Horse Sioux (Standing Rock) Europe

George D. LaPlant Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Levi Traversie Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Art Blue Arm Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Fred Colombe Sioux (Rosebud) Luzon

Winfield Loves War Sioux (Standing Rock) Europe

Joseph Hairychin Sioux (Standing Rock) Pacific

Thomas Crow Necklace Sioux (Standing Rock) France

William Flying Horse Sioux (Standing Rock) Luzon

Vincent Village Center Sioux (Standing Rock) Belgium

Aaron G. Bettelyoun Sioux (Pine Ridge) Holland

Louis Raymond Cottier Sioux (Pine Ridge) Leyte

Clement Crazy Thunder Sioux (Pine Ridge) Iwo Jima

Matt Good Shield Sioux (Pine Ridge) New Guinea

Jacob Herman, Jr. Sioux (Pine Ridge) Holland

James LaPointe, Jr. Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Francis Leon Killer Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Chester Maple Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Leroy No Neck Sioux (Pine Ridge) Holland

Norman Portwood Sioux (Pine Ridge) English Channel

Earl J. Two Bulls Sioux (Pine Ridge) Leyte

Thomas Waters Sioux (Pine Ridge) Luzon

Chester Afraid of Bear Sioux (Pine Ridge) U.S.A.

George Ladeau Sioux (Pine Ridge) U.S.A.

Pierre Pau Lee Sioux (Yankton) U.S.A.

Leonard Q. Smith Sioux (Yankton) Pacific

Albert Chief Eagle Sioux (Pine Ridge) U.S.A.

Silas Running Eagle Sioux (Pine Ridge) U.S.A.

James L. DeMarsche Sioux (Rosebud) Tarawa

Roy A Brandon Sioux (Rosebud) Guam

Earl J. Dion Sioux (Rosebud) Africa

William J. Dion Sioux (Rosebud) France

Lorenzo W. Collins Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Howard Brandon Sioux (Rosebud) Iwo Jima

Robert Custer Jordan Sioux (Rosebud) Africa

Waldron Frazier

Charles Under Baggage, Jr.

Felix Ashley

William Dempsey Austin Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Jesse Cuny Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Charles Swimmer Sioux (Pine Ridge) Luzon

Joe Kitto Chippewa Belgium

Lester Red Boy Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Vincent Fast Horse Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Utah

Nelson Tonegates Ute Germany

Ansel G. Wanzitz Ute France

Washington

Samuel C. Abrahamson Colville Manila

Charles Schultz, Jr. Lummi France

Richard Wood Clallam Germany

Roy Knight Swinomish Belgium

John Bobb Swinomish Germany

Melvin Ross Muckleshoot Italy

Jartin James Snoqualmie Luzon

John H. Kittles Lummi Italy

Herman John Nisqually Belgium

Norman Simmons Quinaielt Okinawa

Harry J. Cheholtz Toholah Philippines

Wisconsin

Richard J. Ackley Chippewa Italy

Matthew Johnson Winnebago Europe

Joseph Graverette Belgium

Robert Duffy Chippewa

Joseph Matchoma Menominee France

Donald J. Brisk Oneida France

Robert A. Cornelius Oneida Germany

Melvin Jordan Oneida Germany

Marvin Johns Oneida France

Joseph Ninham Oneida

Joseph J. White Winnebago France

Milan St. Germaine Chippewa France

Thomas Soldier Menominee France

Arnold Tepiew Menominee Burma

Joseph Komanekin Menominee France

James C. Ford, Jr. Chippewa Italy

Alpheus Decorah Winnebago

George N. Johnson Winnebago

Edmund Cornelius Oneida Pacific

Wyoming

Claude Goggles Arapaho Leyte

Chester Arthur Arapaho Belgium

William Trosper Arapaho

John L. Brown Arapaho

Lee Wadda Shoshone

Laverne Wagon Shoshone

Richard Pogue Shoshone

Sidney Bush Shoshone

George Antelope Arapaho

Charles Schultz

Joseph White

John H. Kittles

Navajo Code Talkers

by
W/T Sgt. Murrey Marder
Marine Corps Combat Correspondent

Reprinted by permission of The Marine Corps Gazette

Through the Solomons, in the Marianas, at Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and almost every island where Marines have stormed ashore in this war, the Japanese have heard a strange language gurgling through the earphones of their radio listening sets--a voice code which defies decoding.

To the linguistically keen ear it shows a trace of Asiatic origin, and a lot of what sounds like American double-talk. This strange tongue, one of the most select in the world, is Navajo, embellished with improvised words and phrases for military use. For three years it has served the Marine Corps well for transmitting secret radio and telephone messages in combat.

The dark-skinned, black-haired Navajo code talker, huddled over a portable radio or field phone in a regimental, divisional or corps command post, translating a message into Navajo as he reads it to his counterpart on the receiving end miles away, has been a familiar sight in the Pacific battle zone. Permission to disclose the work of these American Indians in marine uniform has just been granted by the Marine Corps.

Transmitting messages which the enemy cannot decode is a vital military factor in any engagement, especially where combat units are operating over a wide area in which communications must be maintained by radio. Throughout the history of warfare, military leaders have sought the perfect code--a code which the enemy could not break down, no matter how able his intelligence staff.

Most codes are based on the codist's native language. If the language is a widely-used one, it also will be familiar to the enemy and no matter how good your code may be the enemy eventually can master it. Navajo, however, is one of the world's "hidden" languages; it is termed "hidden," along with other Indian languages, as no alphabet or other symbols of it exist in the original form. There are only about 55,000 Navajos, all concentrated in one region, living on Government reservations and intensely clannish by nature, which has confined the tongue to its native area.

Except for the Navajos themselves, only a handful of Americans speak the language. At the time the Marine Corps adopted Navajo as a voice code it was estimated that not more than 28 other persons, American scientists or missionaries who lived among the Navajos and studied the language for years, could speak Navajo fluently. In recent years, missionaries and the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs have worked on the compilation of dictionaries and grammars of the language, based on its phonetics, to reduce it to writing. Even with these available it is said that a fluency can be acquired from prepared texts only by persons who are highly educated in English and who have made a lengthy study of spoken and written Navajo.

One of the reasons which prompted the Marine Corps to adopt Navajo, in preference to a variety of Indian tongues as used by the AEF in the last war, was a report that Navajos were the only Indian group in the United States not infested with German students during the 20 years prior to 1941, when the Germans had been studying tribal dialects under the guise of art students, anthropologists, etc. It was learned that German and other foreign diplomats were among the chief customers of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the purchase of publications dealing with Indian tribes, but it was decided that even if Navajo books were in enemy hands it would be virtually impossible for the enemy to gain a working knowledge of the language from that meager information. In addition, even ability to speak Navajo fluently would not necessarily enable the enemy to decode a military message, for the Navajo dictionary does not list military terms, and words

used for "jeep," "emplacement," "battery," "radar," "antiaircraft," etc., have been improvised by Navajos in the field.

The adoption of code talkers by the Marine Corps stemmed from a request for Navajo communicators by Maj. Gen. Clayton B. Vogel, then Commanding General, Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet. A report submitted with his request said a Navajo enlistment program would have full support of the Tribal Council at Window Rock, Arizona, Navajo Reservation.

Acting on this request the Marine Corps' Division of Plans and Policies in March 1942 sent Col. Wethered Woodworth to make a further report on the subject, and a test was made at the San Diego, Calif., Marine Base to determine the practicality of Navajos as code talkers.

The test revealed that the Navajos who volunteered for the experiment could transmit the messages given, although with some variation at the receiving end resulting from the lack of exact words to transmit specific military terms. For example, "Enemy is pressing attack on left flank" would come out "the enemy is attacking on the left."

Proper schooling in military phraseology, it was believed, could correct this variation, and the following month the Marine Corps authorized an initial enlistment of 30 Navajos to ascertain the value of their services.

The enlistment order required that recruits meet full Marine Corps physical requirements and have a sufficient knowledge of English and Navajo to transmit combat messages in Navajo. The recruits were to receive regular Marine training, attend a Navajo school at the Fleet Marine Force Training Center, Camp Elliott, Calif., and then receive sufficient communications training to enable them to handle their specially qualified talent on the battlefield.

All the recruits spoke the same Navajo basically, but there were certain word variations. In Navajo, the same word spoken with four different inflections has four different meanings. The recruits had to agree on words which had no shades of interpretation, for any variation in an important military messages might be disastrous. As might be expected in any group of youths, they were not equal in education or intelligence. Some of the military terms were very complex to the unschooled; all had to be able to understand them thoroughly in order to translate them into their native language. Some were not easily adaptable to communications work. It was difficult in several instances for non-Navajos to instruct the recruits in Marine Corps activities; a few marine instructors were unable to cope with the typical Indian imperturbability.

On the other hand, many of the recruits were well-educated, intelligent and quick to learn. A number had worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as clerks, and almost all the Navajos had the highly developed Indian sensory perceptions.

There were some recruits like PFC Wilsie H. Bitsie, whose father is district supervisor of the Mexican Springs, N. Mex., Navajo District. Bitsie became an instructor in the Navajo School at Camp Elliott for a time, and helped work out the much needed military terms. He went on to join the marine Raiders and at New Georgia his Navajo ability helped the Raiders maintain contact with the Army command at Munda while the marines knocked out Japanese outposts in the jungle to the north.

Other code talkers went with the Third Marine Division and the Raiders to Bougainville. There some manned distant outposts, maintaining contact in Navajo by radio. It was found best to have close friends work together in teams of two, for they could perfect their code talk by personal contact.

The men in their units learned that in addition to their language ability the Navajos also could be good marines. They could do their share of fighting and they made good scouts and messengers.

There had been concern in some quarters that dark-skinned Navajos might be mistaken for Japs. In the latter days of the Guadalcanal action one Army unit did pick up a Navajo communicator on the coastal road and messaged the marine command: "We have captured a Jap in marine clothing with marine identification tags." A marine officer was startled to find the prisoner was a Navajo, who was

only bored by the proceedings.

The code talkers went on into more campaigns, proving their ability, and the Navajo quota in the Marine Corps rose from 30 to 420. At their TBXs they transmitted operational orders which helped us advance from the Solomons to Okinawa.

It was found that the Navajos are not necessary at levels lower than battalions. For messages between battalions and companies the extra security is not required and speed is the paramount issue.

The III Amphibious Corps reported that the use of the talkers during the Guam and Peleliu operations "was considered indispensable for the rapid transmission of classified dispatches. Enciphering and deciphering time would have prevented vital operational information from being dispatched or delivered to staff sections with any degree of speed."

At Iwo Jima, Navajos transmitted messages from the beach to division and Corps commands afloat early on D-day, and after the division commands came ashore, from division ashore to Corps afloat.

Last April authority was granted to establish a re-training course for Navajos at FMFPac. Under this plan, five code talkers are taken from each division to attend an intensive 21-day course which gives emphasis to plane types, ship types, printing and message writing, and message transmission. These Navajos then return to their divisions to instruct the remaining men. It is emphasized that code talkers work out successfully only where interest is shown by the command and where training continues between operations.

As for the Navajos themselves, they probably are not any more enthusiastic about the concentrated schooling than most young marines would be about schooling, for they are amused at being regarded as different from other marines.

On rare occasions, though, they do lapse into some typical Indian gyrations. Ernie Pyle, in one of his last dispatches from Okinawa, described how the First Division's Navajos had put on a ceremonial dance before leaving for Okinawa. In the ceremony, they asked the gods to sap the strength of the Japanese in the assault.

According to a later report, when the First Division met the strong opposition in the south of Okinawa, one marine turned to a Navajo code talker and said,

"O.K., Yazzey, what about your little ceremony? What do you call this?"

"This is different," answered the Navajo with a smile. "We prayed only for an easy landing."

Indians Fought on Iwo Jima

Many Indians participated in the famous action on Iwo Jima. The most celebrated of these if Pfc. Ira H. Hayes, a full-blood Pima from Bapchule, Arizona, one of three survivors of the historic incident on Mount Suribachi, when six Marines raised the flag on the summit of the volcano, under heavy enemy fire. He served on Iwo Jima for 36 days and came away unwounded. Previously he had fought at Vella La Vella and Bougainville. Because of the nation-wide attention won by Rosenthal's dramatic photograph of the flag-raising, symbol and expression of the invincible American spirit, Hayes and his two comrades, Pharmacist's Mate John Bradley and Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, were brought back to this country to travel extensively in support of the Seventh War Loan. In the photograph on the opposite page, Hayes is pointing out his position in the flag-raising patrol.

On May 1st, more than 1000 Indians of the Pima tribe gathered at Bapchule to pay honor to their fellow tribesman and to celebrate his safe return. A barbecue feast, under a canopy of brush, was followed by an impressive religious ceremony, with prayers led to Protestant and Catholic missionaries and songs by several church choirs. Mrs. Hayes, Ira's mother, asked two of the girl soloists to sing the hymn, "He Will Deliver."

The National Congress of American Indians gave a luncheon in honor of Hayes and his comrades in Chicago on May 19, at which a brief speech by Hayes was broadcast. At this meeting he was made first commander of the American Indian Veterans' Association. Pharmacist's Mate Bradley stated in an interview that Hayes was "a marked man on the island because of his cool level-headedness and efficiency." He refused to be leader of a platoon, according to Bradley, because as he explained, "I'd have to tell other men to go and get killed, and I'd rather do it myself," When he and the two others were ordered home to take part in the War Loan campaign, Hayes was reluctant to leave his fighting comrades, and, after a few weeks in the United States, requested that he be returned to overseas duty, where he felt he would be of greater value to his country.

A second Indian, Louis C. Charlo, Flathead, from Montana, climbed Mount Suribachi with a Marine patrol shortly after the flag was raised on its summit. He was killed in action not long afterward, fighting to keep the Stars and Stripes on the mountain. Louis was the grandson of Chief Charlo of Nez Perce war fame, a leader who maintained his friendship with the white people throughout those trying times.

Among Indians listed as wounded on the island are Pfc. Ray Flood, Sioux, from Pine Ridge; Verne Ponzo, Shoshone, Fort Hall; Orville Goss, Sidney Brown, Jr. and Richard J. Brown,; Robert Spahe, Jicarilla Apache; Thomas Chapman, Jr., Pawnee, and William M. Fletcher, Cheyenne, from Oklahoma; Joseph R. Johnson, Papago, Arizona; Pfc. Glenn Wasson and Pfc. Clarence L. Chavez, Paiute, Nevada; and Richard Burson, Ute. from Utah. Killed were Pvt. Howard Brandon, Rosebud Sioux; Pfc. Clement Crazy Thunder, Pine Ridge Sioux, whose photograph appeared in the May-June 1943 issue of Indians at Work; Pfc. Adam West Driver, Cherokee, from North Carolina; Pvt. Eugene Lewis, Yurok, California; and Paul Kinlahcheeny, Navajo. Leland Chavez, S 1-c, Paiute, Nevada, is reported missing in action.

Sgt. Warren Sankey, Arapaho, from El Reno, Oklahoma, was one of the crew which first knocked out a Japanese tank on Iwo Jima.

Pfc. Ira H. Hayes. (Official Marine Corps Photo.)

Two Flathead Indian brothers, Daniel and John Moss, Marines from Arlee, Montana, met unexpectedly on Iwo Jima, and both came safely through the fighting. Their father, Henry Moss, served with the Marines in the First World War.

One of four survivors of his company is Pvt. Clifford Chebahtah, Comanche, of Anadarko, Oklahoma. Pvt. Chebahtah was injured on Iwo Jima and was granted a two weeks' furlough at home.

"I was lying in a foxhole when I saw our boys raise the flag on the top of the volcanic mountain of Suribachi, and cold shivers ran down my spine," he said.

Wounded in Action

California
Paul Hendricks	Papago	Germany
Manuel Kisto	Papago	Germany
Fernando Lopez	Papago	Europe
Nelson Lopez	Papago	Belgium
Nolia Lopez	Papago	Belgium
Hanson Norris	Papago	France
Raymond Norris	Papago	Germany
Louis Ortegas	Papago	France
Ralph Patricio	Papago	Holland
Ignacio B. Santos	Papago	France
Rovelto Siquieros	Papago	Germany
Victor B. Stevens	Papago	Germany
Jose V. Wilson	Papago	Italy
Patrick J. Franko	Papago	France
Joseph R. Johnson	Papago	Iwo Jima
Burton A. Narcho	Papago	Guam
Manuel T. Lucas	Papago	Germany
Andrew J. Mendez	Papago	Germany
Augustine Chico	Papago	New Guinea
Francisco S. Jose	Papago	New Britain
Henry Harvey	Papago	New Britain
Alonzo Enos	Pima	New Guinea
Jose Patricio	Papago	Pacific
Robert Perry Reede	Apache (San Carlos)	Germany
George Smith	Apache (San Carlos)	New Guinea
Laurie Tungovia	Hopi	Italy
Andrew Nutima	Hopi
Harry Chinn	Apache (San Carlos)	Luxembourg
Roger Dickson	Apache (San Carlos)	Belgium
George Stevens	Apache (San Carlos)	France
Clark Tungovia	Hopi	Luzon
Louis M. Valdez	Papago	France
William Brown	Apache (San Carlos)	Germany
Chester Buck	Apache (San Carlos)	Luzon
Jose Bush	Apache (San Carlos)	Germany
David Miles	Apache (San Carlos)	France
Patrick Morgan	Apache (San Carlos)	North Africa
Stanton Norman	Apache (San Carlos)	Belgium
George Patten	Apache (San Carlos)	Luzon
Womack Pavatea	Hopi	Germany
Sylvester Mahone	Hualapai	France
Wallace Querta	Hualapai	Saipan
Shuman Shaw	Paiute	Europe
Benjamin D. Oscar	Yurok	Holland
Walter Campbell	Pomo	France
Samuel Powvall	Mission	Germany
William I. Reed	Yurok	Pacific
Kenneth Frank	Yurok	Pacific
Harvey McCardie	Hoopa
Cornelius Morehead	Hoopa (Smith River)
Eldred Norris	Yurok-Hoopa
Albert Richards, Jr.	Hoopa (Eel River)	U.S.A.
Fred W. Scott	Hoopa
Albert Bartow	Klamath

Manuel Lucas

George Stevens

Womack Pavatea

Clarence Bennett Hoopa (Salmon River)

Leon Chase Klamath-Hoopa

Shan Davis Klamath Italy

Vernon Davis Klamath-Hoopa

Wilfred Ferris Klamath

Benonie Harrier Karok

Adolph Brown Mission (Baron Long) Germany

Martin Brown Mission (Baron Long) Germany

Theodore Chutnicut Mission (Los Coyotes) Pacific

William Coleman Mission (Campo) Germany

Lester Elliott Mission (Manzanita) Germany

Pablo Largo Mission (Campo) Italy

Frank Laws Mission (Morongo) Pacific

Thomas Laws Mission (Morongo) Pacific

Pat Leo Mission (Santa Ysabel) Germany

Peter Leo Mission (Santa Ysabel) Germany

Donald Jamieson Mission (Rincon) Okinawa

Marcus Paipa Mission (Santa Ysabel) Pacific

Antonio Ento Mission (Campo) Italy

Frank Subish Mission (Mesa Grande) Germany

Kenneth Nombrie Torres-Martinez Italy

Florian Lyons Mission (Pala) Germany

Carmel Valenzuela Mission (Soboba) Pacific

Senon Arenas Mission (Cahuilla) Germany

Colorado

Anthony Burch Ute Belgium

Allen Carel Ute Holland

John Werito Navajo Pacific

Curtis Toledo Navajo Pacific

Raymond Lopez Navajo Pacific

Idaho

Lawrence Bagley Shoshone Europe

Eldon Blackhawk Shoshone Europe

Waimmie Chedahap Shoshone-Bannock Europe

Kenneth Cosgrove Shoshone-Bannock Europe

Roger E. Galloway Shoshone Europe

Franklin Hootchew Shoshone-Bannock Europe

Orlin Judson Sioux Europe

Kenneth Kutch Shoshone-Bannock Pacific

Herbert LeClair Shoshone Europe

Thomas LaVatta Shoshone Europe

Layton Littlejohn Bannock Europe

Steve Perdash Shoshone Europe

Verne Ponzo Shoshone Iwo Jima

John B. Riley Shoshone Pacific

Jarvis Roubidoux Shoshone Pacific

Kansas

Milton LaClair Potawatomi France

James Kagmega (Kegg) Potawatomi France

Orlando P. Green Potawatomi Germany

Elwin Shopteese Potawatomi France

Edward Rice Potawatomi Pacific

Louisiana

Abel John Coushatta Pacific

Ira B. John Coushatta Pacific

Solomon Batiste Coushatta Pacific

Albert Williams Coushatta Europe

Newton Williams Coushatta Europe

Gilbert Abbey Coushatta Pacific

Shuman Shaw

Joseph R. Johnson

Verne Ponzo

Michigan

Irving J. Theodore Saginaw Pacific

Thurlow McClellan Ottawa-Chippewa Palaus

Minnesota

Daniel Bellanger Chippewa France

John Northrup Chippewa France

Eugene Johnson Chippewa Cassino

Jimmie Lussier Chippewa

Harry Fairbanks Chippewa France

William Jourdain Chippewa

Maurice Kelley Chippewa Germany

Stanley Nordwall Chippewa

Johnson Roy Chippewa Germany

Simon Desjarlait Chippewa Belgium

Delmar Needham Chippewa

George L. Mason Chippewa Germany

Wallace D. Stewart Chippewa France

William Good Chippewa Germany

Raymond F. Roberts Chippewa France

Robert King Chippewa France

Harry Smith Chippewa France

Frank N. Lajeunesse Chippewa Normandy

Frank A. Toutloff Chippewa Pacific

George H. Trombley Chippewa Luzon

Edward George Burns Chippewa Guam

Herbert Beaulieu Chippewa Germany

Albert Whitecloud Chippewa New Guinea

Louis Livingston Chippewa Leyte

John Davis Chippewa France

James Deschamps Chippewa France

Mark Naganub Chippewa

Jeffrey Duhaime Chippewa

Stephen Zimmerman Chippewa Leyte

Lloyd Paro Chippewa Germany

Andrew Amyotte Chippewa

William Amyotte Chippewa

Eugene Amyotte Chippewa

Burdette Shearer Chippewa Germany

Louis Dunn Chippewa Germany

Phillip Roy Chippewa Luzon

Everett Ojibway Chippewa Germany

Eugene Savage Chippewa Germany

Gerald Sheehy Chippewa Italy

Clifford Danielson Chippewa Italy

Robert Wendling Chippewa Germany

Eugene Howes Chippewa Italy

William Howes Chippewa Pacific

Mississippi

Frank Billy Choctaw Pacific

Bethany Morris Choctaw Europe

Hudson Tubby Choctaw Europe

Willie Thompson Choctaw Europe

Sidney Wilson Choctaw Europe

J.C. Willis Choctaw Mediterranean

John Lee Gibson Choctaw Europe

William Good

Raymond F. Roberts

Sam Spottedeagle

Montana

Max Small Cheyenne

Edward Sam Bixby Cheyenne

Dale Spang Cheyenne

Jasper Tallwhiteman Cheyenne

Ben Bearchum Cheyenne

Robert Bigback Cheyenne

Russell Fisher Cheyenne

Elmore Limberhand Cheyenne

Arthur Youngbear Cheyenne

George Nequette Blackfeet Europe

John McKay Blackfeet Italy

Frank Baker Blackfeet Italy

John A. Gobert Blackfeet Leyte

Clarence Cadotte Blackfeet Europe

Harry Schildt Blackfeet Pacific

Orville Goss Blackfeet Iwo Jima

Sidney Brown, Jr. Blackfeet Iwo Jima

Stanley Bird Blackfeet Philippines

Eugene Heavyrunner Blackfeet Philippines

Samuel Spottedeagle Blackfeet Philippines

Emil Bearchild Blackfeet

Richard J. Brown Blackfeet Iwo Jima

Warren Oliver Clark Flathead Pacific

Henry Lozeau Flathead Pacific

Peter Stiffarm Gros Ventre France

Calvin Bigby Assiniboine Germany

Rufus Bradley Gros Ventre Pacific

August Decelles, Jr. Gros Ventre Pacific

Charles Decelles Gros Ventre Iwo Jima

Billie Snell Assiniboine Saipan

Thomas Joseph Bell Gros Ventre Pacific

Bert Larsen Gros Ventre France

Thomas Ball Assiniboine Italy

Nebraska

Elwood Harden Winnebago France

Nevada

Dickson Hooper Shoshone Italy

Carl Dick Shoshone Germany

Raymond Blackhat Shoshone Germany

Pacheco Gibson Shoshone Guam

New Mexico

Hiram R. Brown Acoma Pueblo

Francis J. Johnson Acoma Pueblo

Manuel R. Cata San Juan Pueblo

Regorio Calabaza Santo Domingo Pueblo

Dempsey Chapito Zuni

Arsenio Sanchez

Cyrus Mahkee Zuni Guam

Jose B. Valdez Isleta Pueblo

Jose P. Lucero Jemez Pueblo

James Mitchell Navajo France

Richard H. Marmon Laguna Pueblo Germany

Ted Shashewannie Zuni

James D. Sice Laguna Pueblo

William J. Naranjo Navajo Sicily

Ned Arviso Marianas

Thurlow McClellan

Daniel Bellanger

Elwood Harden

Walter H. Kokie Laguna Pueblo Europe

Frank Romero Taos Europe

Ignacio Trujillo Jemez Pueblo Europe

Fred Zuni Isleta Pueblo Europe

John Kayate Laguna Pueblo Europe

Frank Lujan Taos Europe

Clifford Etsitty Navajo Attu, Germany

Nevin H. Eckerman Laguna Pueblo

Sefferino Juancho Isleta Pueblo Europe

David W. Tsosie Navajo Saipan

Sam P. Poplano Zuni France

Steve Chee Navajo Europe

Joe Chavez Acoma Pueblo Europe

Manuel Lamy Zuni Europe

Tommy Maria Laguna Pueblo Europe

Joe Pacheco Santo Domingo Pueblo Europe

Carlos Lawsayatee Zuni Europe

Ben D. Laate Zuni Europe

Joe Leekity Zuni Europe

Jose Jaramillo Isleta Pueblo Europe

Jose P. Cordova Taos Pacific

Wayne Dez Navajo Pacific

Andres Chino Acoma Pueblo Europe

Joe A. Sanchez San Felipe Pueblo Europe

Jimmy Begay Navajo Italy

Walter Balatchu Apache (Mescalero) Belgium

Charlie Cachucha Apache (Jicarilla) Belgium

David Muniz Apache (Jicarilla) Europe

Robert Spahe Apache (Jicarilla) Iwo Jima

David Velarde Apache (Jicarilla) Europe

Vicenti Veneno Apache (Jicarilla) Europe

Thomas Vigil Apache (Jicarilla) Bougainville

Manuel Holcomb Santa Clara Pueblo Germany

Bennie R. Yazzie Navajo Germany

Pete Candelario San Felipe Pueblo Europe

Jose L. Zuni Isleta Pueblo Europe

Arthur E. Tsyitee Zuni Austria

Fedelino Sanchez Santa Ana Pueblo Europe

Ventura S. Howeya Acoma Pueblo Europe

Clemente Fragua Jemez Pueblo Europe

Phillip L. Martinez Acoma Pueblo Europe

Monico M. Garcia Acoma Pueblo Europe

Juan A. Jaramillo Isleta Pueblo Philippines

James S. Ortiz San Juan Pueblo Philippines

Joseph Aragon Laguna Pueblo

Stewart Batala Laguna Pueblo Pacific

Joseph R. Kowemecewa Laguna Pueblo Europe

Lawrence Archuleta San Juan Pueblo Europe

Juan D. Pino Zia Pueblo Europe

Ivan C. Hatti Zuni Europe

Dan Simplicio Zuni Europe

Simon Wallace Zuni Pacific

Duncan Suitza Zuni Europe

Telesfor Tsethlika Zuni Europe

Frank Trujillo Taos Pueblo Pacific

Ben House Navajo Pacific

Edward John Northrup

Clifford Etsitty

Russell Deserly

New York

Arthur Lazore Mohawk France

Leonard Beaubien Mohawk France

Francis Billings Mohawk France

William Cook Mohawk Palaus

Stanley Connors Mohawk France

Louis Martin Mohawk Europe

Wilford Smith Tonawanda-Seneca

Orlando Scorgg Tonawanda-Seneca France

Warren Spring Tonawanda-Seneca

Eugene Reuben Tonawanda-Seneca

Cortland Luna Tonawanda-Seneca

Marvin Crouse Onondaga

Randall Poodry Tonawanda-Seneca Tunis

Edward Black Onondaga France

Vincent Printup Tuscarora

Harrison Henry Tuscarora

William Mt. Pleasant Tuscarora

Frederick Schanandoah Onondaga Italy

Chapman Schanandoah Onondaga Atlantic

Clifford Crouse Seneca France

Delbert Crowe Seneca Luzon

Carl Johnson Seneca Normandy

Willard Jacobs Seneca Luzon

Donald Black Seneca Brazil

Wilbur Shongo Seneca Pacific

Merle Warner Seneca Italy

North Dakota

Russell F. Deserly Arikara France

Albert Archambault Sioux (Standing Rock) Anzio

Herbert Buffalo Boy Sioux (Standing Rock) Holland

Lawrence Bearsheart Sioux (Standing Rock) Normandy

Patrick Blackcloud Sioux (Standing Rock) Betio Island

Leslie Shields Sioux (Standing Rock) Atlantic

Sidney Cottonwood Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

Joe Ramsay Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

Garfield Antelope Sioux (Standing Rock) Leyte

Gilbert Goodiron Sioux (Standing Rock) Italy

George Goodwood Sioux (Standing Rock) Europe

Oklahoma

Rudolph Allen Tonkawa Europe

Oland Kemble Ponca France

Levi Horsechief Pawnee Europe

Marcellus Choteau Kaw Philippines

Gale New Moon Ponca Europe

Lawrence Good Fox, Jr. Pawnee Europe

James Armstrong, Jr. Caddo-Cheyenne Pacific

Francis Bates Arapaho Europe

Harold S. Beard Cheyenne-Arapaho Aleutians

Rubin Bent Quapaw-Cheyenne Europe

Oliver Black Cheyenne Europe

Richard Boynton, Jr. Cheyenne-Arapaho Europe

Roy Bullcoming Cheyenne Europe

Richard Curtis, Jr. Cheyenne Mediterranean

William M. Fletcher Cheyenne Iwo Jima

Paul Goodbear Cheyenne Europe

John Greaney, Jr. Cheyenne Pacific

Charles F. Gurrier Sioux-Cheyenne Pacific

William Cook

Lawrence Bearsheart

Henry N. Greenwood

Warren L. Hawk Cheyenne Kiska

James Holland, Jr. Arapaho Pacific

Darwin Lone Elk Cheyenne Pacific

Henry Mann Cheyenne Holland

Edward B. Mule Cheyenne Europe

Roy Night Walking Cheyenne Europe

Lee Old Camp, Jr. Cheyenne-Arapaho Pacific

Willie Orange Cheyenne Pacific

William F. Pawnee Arapaho Europe

David Penn Cheyenne Europe

Philip Strongwolf Cheyenne Europe

Elmer C. Surveyor Cheyenne Europe

George Swallow Cheyenne Europe

Everett Sweezy Arapaho-Oneida Europe

William Tallbird, Jr. Cheyenne Europe

Harvey West Cheyenne Pacific

Solus B. Lewis Creek Europe

Isaac McCurtain Choctaw Europe

Luther King Choctaw Sicily

Richmond J. Larney Seminole France

Houston Palmer Creek Anzio

Jacob Fish Five Civilized Tribes Huertgen Forest

Chester Underwood Five Civilized Tribes Germany

Henry N. Greenwood Chickasaw Italy

Tom Fixico Creek Sicily, Italy

Joe Fixico Creek France

John P. Lowe Creek Anzio, France

Jack Bruner Creek Italy

Danny Marshall Creek France, Italy

Munzie Barnett Creek Germany

Sampson Harjo Creek France

Martin Mitchell Creek Pacific

William M. Beaver Creek France

Sam McCann Choctaw France

Daniel Phillips, Jr. Creek France

Franklin Gritts Cherokee Pacific

Cornelius L. Wakolee Potawatomi Italy

Jack Montgomery Cherokee Italy

Calvin Dailey Otoe France

Robert Hoag Caddo-Delaware Italy

Robert L. Templeton Pawnee Leyte

Jesse B. Thompson Choctaw

James R. Hattensty Choctaw Italy

Solomon Roberts Choctaw Germany

Esra H. Wallace Choctaw

J.D. Walker Seminole Europe

Miller Yahola Seminole Europe

Johnson Davis Seminole Belgium

Amos Davis Seminole France

Harding Bog Bow Kiowa Germany

Edward M. Rodgers Quapaw Kwajalein

Rudolph Akoneto, Jr. Kiowa Europe

Raymond Arkeketa Kiowa Pacific

Kenneth Aunquoe Kiowa Pacific

Hubert Dennis Beaver Delaware-Shawnee Pacific

Samuel W. Chaat Comanche Europe

Clifford Chebahtah Comanche Iwo Jima

Edward Clark Comanche

Leonard Cozad Kiowa Europe

William A. Harris, Jr.

Sam McCann

Tom Fixico

Hugh Doyebi Kiowa Bastogne

Noah Horsechief Wichita

Lamont Howry Comanche Europe

Rickey Kaulaity Kiowa Europe

Samuel Kaulay Kiowa Aleutians

William Kaulay Kiowa Europe

Robert Komesataddle Kiowa Pacific

Waynen L. Miller Wichita Europe

Wilson B. Palmer Kiowa Tarawa

Wilbur Parker Comanche

Frederick E. Parton Caddo Europe

Pascal C. Poolaw Kiowa Europe

Melvin G. Queton Kiowa Pacific

Virgil Queton Kiowa Europe

Winston Rose Wichita

don Shemayme Caddo Europe

Claude Shirley Caddo Europe

Chester Silverhorn Kiowa Europe

Reuben Topaum Kiowa Europe

Kent C. Ware Kiowa Europe

Pressley Ware Kiowa

Robert Yeahpau Kiowa Europe

Raymond Woodard Apache Europe

Thomas Chapman, Jr. Pawnee Iwo Jima

Samuel Battiest Choctaw Germany

Samuel Marshall Creek Europe

Robert H. Colbert, Jr. Creek Europe

Andrew Roberts Pawnee Europe

Jacob Moses Pawnee Europe

Jesse Howell Pawnee U.S.A.

James G. Cleghorn Otoe

Edison DeRoin Otoe Africa

Calvin Arkeketa Otoe Europe

Jimmy Black Otoe

Ernest Black Otoe

Jonas Hartico Otoe

Rufus Jeans Otoe

Bill Pipestem Otoe

Pershing White Otoe

Theodore Buffalo Otoe Italy

Ernest J. Kekahbah Kaw Italy

William A. Harris, Jr. Pawnee Italy, Germany

Oregon

John Sampson Cayuse-Umatilla France

Edson Chiloquin Klamath-Modoc

Roland Jackson Klamath-Paiute

LeRoy A. Moore Klamath-Modoc

Marvin J. Walker Klamath

John Jackson, Jr. Klamath

South Dakota

Theodore Taylor Sioux (Flandreau) New Guinea

Ralph Gullickson Sioux (Flandreau) Aachen

Warren Gullickson Sioux (Flandreau) Leyte

Woodrow Keeble Sioux (Sisseton) North Africa

Francis Adams Sioux (Sisseton) Italy

Joseph Gray Sioux (Sisseton) Germany

Leroy Heminger Sioux (Sisseton) France

Nathan Wilson Sioux (Sisseton) Germany

Houston Palmer

Joe Fixico

Harding Big Bow

Floyd P. Deegan Sioux (Sisseton) Palaus

Herman Thompson Sioux (Sisseton) Philippines

Louis M. DeCoteau Sioux (Sisseton) Germany

Louis Provost Omaha Belgium

Leo Shot With Two Arrows Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Enoch Bald Eagle Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Edward Eagle Boy Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Philip Elk Head Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Joe Paul Fourbear Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Joe Gray Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Robert C. Hale Sioux (Cheyenne River)

James Hand Boy Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Charles Hiatt Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Lawrence Horn Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Clifford Iron Moccasin Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Charles Kessler Sioux (Cheyenne River)

George Knife Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Charles Lafferty Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Levi LeBeau Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Louis LeCompte Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Roy R. Smith Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Sampson One Skunk Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Ziebach Thompson Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Cecil Curley Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Garnet Black Bear Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Robert Manley Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Aloysius A. Fielder Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Earl Kessler Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Douglas Collins Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Philip LaBlanc Sioux (Cheyenne River)

Floyd Jackson Sioux (Rosebud) Cologne

Edwin Demery Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

Johnson Twohearts Sioux (Standing Rock) Africa

Walter Tiger Sioux (Standing Rock) Philippines

Joseph Lawrence Sioux (Standing Rock) Europe

Ambrose Antelope Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

John Bearking Sioux (Standing Rock) Pacific

Frank Vermillion Sioux (Standing Rock) Italy

William Marshall Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

Abraham Long Chase Sioux (Standing Rock) At sea

Sidney Eagle Shield Sioux (Standing Rock) Philippines

Alex Village Center Sioux (Standing Rock) Pacific

Peter Taken Alive Sioux (Standing Rock) Pacific

Ambrose Dog Eagle Sioux (Standing Rock) Anzio

Joseph Flying Bye Sioux (Standing Rock) Europe

Joseph Cadotte Sioux (Standing Rock) Europe

Calvin Flying Bye Sioux (Standing Rock) Germany

Joseph Angel Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

John Bearnose Sioux (Pine Ridge) Philippines

Carl C. Bettelyoun Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Everett Bettelyoun Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Joseph Bettelyoun Sioux (Pine Ridge) Italy

Waldron Bettelyoun Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Henry Black Elk Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Moses Blindman Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Ernest Blue Legs Sioux (Pine Ridge) Burma

Owen Brings Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Carl Broken Rope Sioux (Pine Ridge) Italy

Miller Yahola

Louis Provost

Frank N. Lajeunesse

Vance Broken Rope Sioux (Pine Ridge) Belgium

Lanert Brown Eyes Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Morris Bull Bear Sioux (Pine Ridge) Belgium

Moses Bullman Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Leo F. Cottier Sioux (Pine Ridge) Belgium

Adolph Eagle Louse Sioux (Pine Ridge) Philippines

Edison Fire Thunder Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Roy Flood Sioux (Pine Ridge) Iwo Jima

Blair Gray Grass Sioux (Pine Ridge) Belgium

Adam Gay Sioux (Pine Ridge) Italy

Joshua Gay Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Alex Hernandez Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Alphonso Hernandez Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Vincent Hunts Horses Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Theodore Iron Teeth Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Norman Janis Sioux (Pine Ridge) Burma

Richard Janis Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Douglas Larabee Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Aloysius Little Whiteman Sioux (Pine Ridge) Italy

Walter Martinez Sioux (Pine Ridge) Luxembourg

Floyd Merrival Sioux (Pine Ridge) Italy

Chester Mills Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Peter Nelson Sioux (Pine Ridge) Belgium

Ernest Peck Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Clarence Pumpkin Seed Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Stephen Red Bow Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Homer Red Eyes Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Stanley Red Wing Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Floyd Russell Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Collins Sharpfish Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Hobert Shot to Pieces Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Ellis Shoulder Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Martin Slow Bear Sioux (Pine Ridge) Italy

Loyal E. Stover Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Edward Spotted Bear Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Joseph Tapio Sioux (Pine Ridge) Atlantic

Leroy Tenfingers Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Theodore Tibbetts Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Calvin J. Tyon Sioux (Pine Ridge) Luzon

Roy White Butterfly Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Leonard White Bull Sioux (Pine Ridge) Italy

Levi Yellow Boy Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Eugene Young Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Walter Bossingham Sioux (Rosebud) Europe

Daniel L. Bordeaux Sioux (Rosebud) Europe

Marvin Thin Elk Sioux (Rosebud) Italy

Albert Wright Sioux (Rosebud) Pacific

Thomas Yellow Boy Sioux (Pine Ridge) Belgium

Guy White Horse Sioux (Rosebud)

Leonard Bordeaux Sioux (Rosebud) Pacific

Gabe Neiss Sioux (Rosebud) Aleutians

Clarence Cordry Sioux (Rosebud) Pacific

Jerome White Horse Sioux (Rosebud) Italy

Claude DeCory Sioux (Rosebud) Italy

Laverne Jackson Sioux (Rosebud) France

Eugene E. Roubideaux Sioux (Rosebud) France

Michael Bordeaux Sioux (Rosebud) France

Elmer Brandon Sioux (Rosebud) France

Wilbur Blacksmith Sioux (Rosebud) Peleliu

Floyd P. Deegan

Lanert Brown Eyes

Eugene Roubideaux

George F. Flammond Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

William C. Gunhammer Sioux (Rosebud) Italy

Joseph J. Peneaux Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

William Lambert Sioux (Rosebud) France

Hubert C. McCloskey Sioux (Rosebud) France

Stephen Moccasin Sioux (Rosebud) Belgium

Harold Whiting Sioux (Rosebud) Italy

Barney Peoples Sioux (Rosebud) France

Antoine C. Yellow Robe Sioux (Rosebud) Pacific

Richard Larvie Sioux (Rosebud)

Floyd LaPointe Sioux (Rosebud) France

Gilbert Crow Eagle Sioux (Rosebud) Belgium

Herbert DeCory Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Francis Menard Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Aloysius Larvie Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Chester Blue Horse Sioux (Rosebud) Luzon

Floyd J. Moore Sioux (Rosebud) Luzon

Louis G. LaPlant Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Calvin Larvie Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Felix Knife Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Joseph Waln Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Titus White Lance Sioux (Rosebud) Italy

Leonard L. Cordry Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Nelson B. Cordry Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Jonas J. Swift Sioux (Rosebud) Italy

William K. Haukaas Sioux (Rosebud) Okinawa

Roger Chasing Horse Sioux (Rosebud)

Kenneth M. Ellston Sioux (Rosebud) Germany

Philip Good Buffalo Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Ben Marshall Sioux (Pine Ridge) France

Wilbert Means Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Seth Irving Sioux (Pine Ridge) Pacific

Huron Red Dog Sioux (Pine Ridge) Okinawa

Albert Returns From Scout Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Delmar Richard Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Clement Salway Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Edison Richard Sioux (Pine Ridge) Germany

Leland L. Standing Sioux (Yankton)

Henry W. Hare Sioux (Yankton) Germany

Robert Arpan Sioux (Yankton) Corregidor

Rudolph Arpan Sioux (Yankton) Corregidor

Smith Jandreau Sioux (Yankton) Germany

Eli D. Hope Sioux (Yankton) Italy

Louis Weston Sioux (Yankton) Germany

Ulysses J. Little Elk Sioux (Yankton) Luzon

Basil Heth Sioux (Yankton) Europe

Clarence Packard Sioux (Yankton) Belgium

Joseph Cournoyer Sioux (Yankton) Germany

Utah

Sammy Arrats Ute Tarawa

Richard Burson Ute Iwo Jima

Alfred Parriette Ute Pacific

Harvey Natchees Ute Belgium

Henry Drye Paiute Italy

Washington

James Wilson Swinomish New Guinea

Harold Jackson Clallam

James R. Alexander Lummi France

Joseph Woln

John Pershing Lowe

Johnson Roy

Howard A. George Lummi Germany

Benjamin W. Hillaire Lummi Germany

Anthony Jefferson Lummi France

Bert H. Jefferson Lummi Philippines

Forrest L. Kinley Lummi Philippines

Charles Owens Europe

Bernard Bumgarner Quinaielt Europe

William Hicks Quinaielt Europe

Emanuel S. Alfred Suquomish Europe

Leonard Lawrence Suquomish Anzio

Charles Lawrence Suquomish France

Steven E. Williams Tulalip Philippines

Roy Smith Makah Europe

Frank H. Smith Makah Europe

Antonio Rogers Chehalis Germany

Wisconsin

Ervin Doxtator Oneida

Dean King Oneida Belgium

Joseph H. Metoxen Oneida France

Eastman Skenandore Oneida Leyte

Ernest Skenandore Oneida Belgium

Aaron L. Smith Oneida Belgium

Casterson Swamp Oneida

Warren Swamp Oneida Italy

Abraham Webster Oneida

Raymond D. Deer Winnebago

Daniel Snowball Winnebago

Andrew Thundercloud Winnebago Pacific

Murray Whiterabbit Winnebago

Norman Winneshiek Winnebago

Charles Beauprey Menominee Europe

Frank Dodge Menominee Europe

Joseph Duquain Menominee Europe

Gust Kinney Menominee Europe

Mose Neosh Menominee Europe

Lloyd Gauthier Menominee Europe

John O'Kachecum Menominee Europe

Joseph L. Pecore Menominee Europe

John Shawanopenass Menominee Europe

Joseph Smith Menominee Europe

Mitchell Sturdevant Menominee Europe

Edward Tucker Menominee Europe

Benedict Warrington Menominee Europe

Gilbert Waupoose Menominee Europe

James Zhuckkahosee Kickapoo Europe

Lloyd Tourtillot Menominee Philippines

Peter A. Tucker Menominee Philippines

Earl J. Pecore Menominee Pacific

George Tomow Menominee Pacific

Dave Wheelock Menominee Pacific

Wyoming

Ralph W. Plume Arapaho Europe

Jesse Miller Arapaho Europe

Frank A. Aragon Arapaho Pacific

Robert Bell Arapaho Europe

Joseph S. Rhodes Arapaho Europe

Donald O'Neal Arapaho Guam

Cyrus Roberts Shoshone Italy

Frank Smith

Richard Burson

Sammie Arrais

Indians Work for the Navy

By Lt. Frederick W. Sleight, USNR

The story of the American Indian and his efforts in this second great world struggle is not limited to the exploits of soldiers. Men and women too old or too young for service with the armed forces have volunteered for work in the war industries as well as in food production. This report on one of the U.S. Navy's greatest land-based activities illustrates the intense desire of the Indian people to serve where they are directly connected with the work of the war. The Naval Supply Depot at Clearfield, Utah, has as its aim and purpose general service to the fleet. It sends out a lifeline of supplies, pouring the essentials of successful warfare in an endless stream to the far points of the Pacific theatre.

The Depot was established in the Spring of 1943, to start the flow of vital materials to the Navy. At this time, down in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, Indians were leaving home for military service. Ten per cent of the Pueblo Indians had gone into uniform. In the neighboring cities and the local communities help was urgently needed. The older men of the Pueblos, recognizing the emergency, decided to put an advertisement in the local papers offering their services for part-time work in the neighboring area. Soon trucks came pouring into the villages to pick up working parties, some even arriving from Colorado. When word of this project reached the offices of the Civil Service Commission in Denver, they sent a representative to Santo Domingo Pueblo to confer with John Bird, an Indian leader of political and social affairs.

John Bird was told about the new Naval Depot at Clearfield. The Civil Service understood that the Pueblo people wanted to help win the war; here at Clearfield was a place where men were needed, a place contributing directly to our successes in the Pacific. It was agreed that Pueblo men, if they went to work at Clearfield, would be allowed to go home during the summer months to plant and harvest their crops.

At the meeting called by John Bird, the Pueblos agreed that this was work which they wanted to do. The farm agent was convinced that if they came back and farmed in the summer months, the move to Utah for the rest of the year would be good. The task of recruiting men from all the Pueblos was given to John Bird, and he travelled from Taos on the north to Isleta on the south. Santa Clara, Jemez, and Santo Domingo gave the greatest number of workers. Sixty-two men came from Jemez alone. When they were examined and passed as physically fit by Indian Service doctors, they were ready to leave. About 150 men made up the first battalion that set out for Clearfield. The first contingent of work-hungry Pueblos, travelling in coaches reserved for them, arrived at the Navy Depot in December 1943.

Work assigned to the Indians has been varied. John Bird, who travelled with his people to Clearfield, has advanced to a supervisory position. He, like many of his men, has worked on the swing shift. Some of the men have been placed in the transportation division, and others have handled and loaded supplies destined for the ships at sea. Oscar Carlson, labor foreman at the Depot, says that the Indians--Shoshones, Apaches, Sioux, Navajos, Utes, as well as Pueblos--are outstanding workers. They understand instructions well. They are not shirkers on the job. He says, "I have never had an Indian in my office for disciplinary action."

The great problem of production, absenteeism, is unknown among the Indian population of the Depot. Indians are constantly on the job. Indian participation in the War Bond campaigns has been 100 per cent--another indication that the Indians are whole-hearted in their devotion to the cause for which their sons have fought.

For two springs the Pueblo people have gone back to their farms, but, the growing season over, they have returned, often bringing with

Indians unload Oregon timber at the Naval Supply Depot. Official U.S. Navy Photo.

them new recruits to help with the big job. Mr. Carlson states that nearly all of the men return after a summer of farming, and that they all seem happy to come back. Further testimony comes in a report from the Security Department. This office, which handles all the policing of the area, has no record in the files any trouble initiated by the Indians.

From all quarters of the Depot have come similar reports. On the 10th of April, 1945, Rear Admiral Arthur H. Mayo, speaking at the ceremonies commemorating the second anniversary of the Depot's commissioning, said: "It is encouraging to know that many Pueblo Indians . . . have travelled north to the State of Utah in order to 'man the battle stations' at the Navy Supply Depot at Clearfield. I know that these fine people are doing a splendid job."

High credit should go to the Indian for an outstanding part in our victory. He has sacrificed more than most men who are doing this work. He has left the land he has known all his life and has had to travel to strange places where people often do not understand him and his way of living. In most cases he has left his family behind. He has had to forego attending the dances and other religious ceremonies that are so much a part of his life. He has had to work under foremen and supervisors, in a way that is new to him. It is an adjustment more difficult for him than for the white man who has known these conditions before.

For all these reasons, the Indian should receive the highest praise. In his quiet way he has shown that he too has a stake in this conflict, and by his personal qualities he has made himself liked by everyone. To men like John Bird, should go a special tribute. He helped interpret these modern problems to his people. When his brother Ted was killed in action in Germany last April, he flew home to comfort his mother and father. He has three other brothers in the armed forces overseas.

Like all Americans, these people look forward to the day when the soldiers will come home to a peaceful world. But these Indians have learned new skills and have acquired a new confidence in their own competence which should be very useful in the tasks of peace.

To the Indian Veteran

The Congress and the state legislatures have passed many laws providing various benefits for all veterans except those who have been dishonorably discharged from the armed services. Many of you know what these benefits are; but when you come home you will find at the agency someone who can tell you just how to apply for the benefits which you want, and what you must do to qualify. There is no distinction made between Indians and any other veterans. Every organization serving the veteran will serve you. Your Selective Service Board, to which you report within ten days after your return home, will have a counsellor to advise you; and the State agencies, the Red Cross, and other groups will provide information and counsel. The Indian Service will make every effort to direct you to the proper authority as quickly as possible.

If the first thing in your mind is employment, you probably know that you are entitled to get your old job back, or one with equal pay and standing, provided that you have completed your military service satisfactorily, that you are still able to do the job, that you apply for reinstatement within 90 days of your discharge, and that your employer will not suffer undue hardship by taking you back. Once you are on the job, you may not be dismissed without cause for the period of one year. This is true for Civil Service employees and for those in private industry. If you didn't have a job when you went into the military service, or if you don't want to go back to the job you left, you should apply to the nearest office of the U.S. Employment Service, or, if you want a Federal job, to the Civil Service Commission. You are entitled to preference for jobs in the Indian Service, both as an Indian and as a veteran, but you must of course qualify by training or by examination.

If you want to continue your education, there are many opportunities. Under the G.I. Bill of Rights (Public Law 346, 78th Congress), you are entitled to one year of school or college, if you have served at least 90 days, not counting the time spent in Army or Navy special training courses. You may choose the course you prefer, at any elementary school, high school, college, or vocational training institute on the list

Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolte awards the Bronze Star to Pfc. John W. Kionut, Caddo, Oklahoma, for gallantry in action.

T-Sgt. Oliver Gibb, (left), Red Lake, Minnesota, wears the Air Medal. The officer on the right is an Indian from Oklahoma.

approved by the Veterans' Administration, but you must be accepted as qualified by the school you select. A number of Indian Service schools have already been added to the approved list, and a number of special courses have been planned for returning servicemen.

If you are under 25, or if you can show that your education was interrupted when you went into military service, you may continue your education beyond this first year. For each month you spent in active service after September 16, 1940, and before the end of the war, you may have an additional month of schooling, but the total time cannot be more than four years. While you are studying under this program, the Veterans' Administration will allow you $50 a month for living expenses and will pay your tuition and other fees, including the cost of books, supplies, and equipment, up to $500 per year. If you have dependents, the subsistence allowance will be increased to $75 per month. If you receive payment for work done in connection with your study program, your allowance may be decreased, and if you take only a part-time course, you will not receive the full monthly benefit.

Commercial courses, courses in agriculture and stockraising, sheetmetal work, plumbing, drafting, automotive mechanics, carpentry, baking, cooking, machine shop work, masonry, painting and decoration, power plant operation, printing and binding, and many others, will be offered at eight or more Indian schools: Albuquerque Boarding School, Carson, Chemawa, Chilocco, Flandreau, Wingate, Haskell Institute, and Sherman. Not all of the courses will be available at each school, and other courses will be added from time to time. These courses will be available to non-Indians, if there is room enough, and the Indian veteran is not limited to a choice of Indian schools. You may take any course for which you can qualify, at any approved school.

If you have a disability resulting from your military service, the educational program offered under Public Law 16, 78th Congress, may be more helpful to you. Under this legislation, a disabled veteran may be allowed up to four years of vocational training, during which time he may receive a total pension of not less than $92 per month. If he has dependents, the allowance is larger.

The G.I. Bill also provides readjustment allowances for veterans who are unable to find work. Any unemployed veteran who has served 90 days or more and has been released without dishonorable discharge, or has been disabled in the line of duty, may receive a weekly readjustment allowance of $20, less any part-time wages he may receive in excess of $3. To be eligible for this allowance, the veteran must report regularly to a public employment

office; and if he fails to accept any suitable job offered to him, he is disqualified. He may also be disqualified if he does not attend a free training course available to him, or if he has left suitable work, or is discharged for misconduct. The readjustment allowance may be continued for 24 weeks, plus four weeks for each month of active service, up to a maximum of 52 weeks. If he is self-employed and he can show that his net earnings have been less than $100 in the month preceding the date of his application, he is entitled to receive an amount large enough to bring his earnings up to $100 for the month. Benefits under this legislation may not be claimed when five years have passed after the end of the war, and claims must be made within two years after the veteran's discharge from the military service or within two years after the end of the war, whichever date is later.

Veterans may have free hospital care, medical and dental services, through the Veterans' Administration, for any disabilities incurred in the line of duty in the service or aggravated because of such service.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944--commonly called the G.I. Bill of Rights--also provides for certain benefits for veterans who want to borrow money to buy or build a home, to purchase a farm, farm equipment or livestock, or to acquire business property. The Federal Government will not make loans or extend any credit under this program. It says simply that if you can get a loan for these purposes from any lending agency, either public or private, such as a bank, corporation, or individual, the Veterans' Administration, on approving the loan, will guarantee one-half of the amount, up to $2000. The Administrator will also pay the first year's interest on the amount of the guarantees. This interest need not be repaid. The loan itself must be repaid according to the conditions under which it is made.

The lending agency to which you apply for a loan should be one of those serving your community. This organization should understand that you may receive a loan on the same basis as other veterans, even though you may conduct your operations on trust land belonging to you or on tribal lands operated under an assignment. It should be possible for you to get a loan without any security other than a mortgage on the property you are buying with the money loaned to you; but if other security is required, the Superintendent may approve a lien on trust property, other than land, as collateral. Trust land may not be given as security for these loans.

It should also be understood that the Superintendent may authorize a creditor to enter on the reservation to repossess equipment bought with borrowed money, if the loan should be in default.

If you want to qualify for a farm loan, you must show that you have had farming experience. If your loan is for the purchase of livestock, you must show that you have adequate range on which to run it. If you plan to buy farm machinery, you will have to show that you have land upon which the machinery will be used, and you must also describe your plan of operation and demonstrate that it will produce income enough to repay the loan.

In general, no restrictions will be placed upon property obtained under loans guaranteed under the Act, except those which the lending agency may require in order to protect the loan.

You should remember, too, that you have other ways to obtain a loan, if you are not eligible under the G.I. Bill. The Indian Service may be able to arrange a loan from revolving credit funds; or your tribe may offer to lend you what you need. There are many avenues to explore.

From time to time, Congress may make changes in the provisions of the G.I. Bill and other servicemen's legislation. Allowances for the unemployed veteran and for the veteran attending school may be increased. You are urged to take advantage of the program which you feel will be most useful to you. Get all the information available, consult with everyone who can be of help to you, and make full use of the opportunities which you have earned by your service to your country.

The Marine Corps band plays the national anthem as the flag is raised at the dedication of Ray Enouf Field, Klamath Agency, Oregon. The airfield is named in honor of the only Klamath Indian to lose his life in World War II, a Marine private first class, who was killed while acting as first-aid man in the front lines on Iwo Jima. Ceremonies dedicating the field took place on September 27, 1945.

Three Indian girls in the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Marine Corps: Left to right, Minnie Spotted Wolf,, Montana; Celia Mix, Potawatomi, Michigan; and Viola Eastman, Chippewa-Sioux, Minnesota. Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph.

Indian Women Work for Victory

Indian women, anxious to help out during the war-created manpower shortage, have made an astonishingly large contribution to their country's needs. Thousands of them have left their homes to work in factories, on ranches and farms, and even as section-hands, to replace men who were vitally needed elsewhere. They have joined the nurses' corps, the military auxiliaries, the Red Cross, and the American Women's Voluntary Service.

Not content with this, they have given their services in many other and more unusual ways. More than 500 Eskimo and Indian women and girls worked day and night manufacturing skin clothing, mittens, mukluks, moccasins, snowshoes, and other articles of wearing apparel for our forces serving in cold weather or at high altitudes. An Alaskan Indian woman ran a trap line to make money for war bonds.

Cherokee girls wove and sold baskets, buying war stamps with the money. On the Eastern Cherokee reservation, women and girls planted and harvested the crops, and even drove tractors.

Forty Chippewa women formed a rifle brigade for home defense. An old Kiowa woman gave $1,000 to the Navy Relief Fund as her contribution. Osage women, draped in their brilliant blankets, spent long hours at sewing machines for the Red Cross.

In the West, a Pueblo woman drove a truck between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, delivering milk to the Indian school. She not only serviced her own truck but also helped at the school garage as a mechanic. Many Indian women became silversmiths, and made insignia for the armed forces. At Fort Wingate, New Mexico, the Navajo women's work ranged from that of chemists to truck drivers. Two Indian women in California served at a lonely observation post, driving the twelve miles to their position in a rickety old automobile.

The war plants had many Indian women on their rolls, working as riveters, inspectors, sheet metal workers, and machinists. An Indian girl was chosen at one plant to receive the Army-Navy E for her fellow-workers.

In the Indian forests, hitherto considered as providing work fit only for men, the Indian women learned to take over many tasks. Treatment for blister rust was given 80,182 acres of forest, mainly in the Lake states, and Indian women performed much of the labor. On the Menominee reservation in Wisconsin, fifty women replaced men at the mill. Crews consisting of two women and one man planted young trees to replace those cut down in the Red Lake forest in Minnesota. During the short period in the spring which is considered most advantageous for such planting, 90,700 trees were replaced on 238 acres of land. Indian women have "manned" fire lookout stations on the Colville and Klamath reservations. An Indian woman acted as guard at the Dry Creek station on the Yakima forest, and another learned to be a radio operator at the central camp on the Quinaielt reservation.

Cpl. Anna Reeveas, WAC

Ensign Cora Bruner, NC, USNR

Celia C. Cook, SK 2-c, WAVES

In a formal ceremony at Laguna Pueblo, Mrs. Frank Paisano, Jr., accepts the Air Medal awarded to her husband, a prisoner of war in Germany. Lt. Paisano was later released and returned home. Official Photo U.S.A.A.F.

Prisoners of War Released

Many Indians reported as prisoners of war have now been released and have come home again. Lt. Frank Paisano, Jr., a prisoner of the Germans, has returned to Laguna Pueblo, During his absence he was awarded the Air Medal, which his wife accepted in his name. Omar Schoenborn, Chippewa, once reported dead, was one of 83 men who escaped death when the prison ship carrying them to Japan was sunk off Leyte. He managed to swim ashore and to hide from the Japanese until the arrival of the American forces. Gilmore C. Daniels, Osage, who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force early in the war, spent nearly four years in a German prison camp before the advancing armies released him. Another Osage, Major Edward E. Tinker, a nephew of General Clarence Tinker, was taken prisoner when he crashed in Bulgaria, and was freed by the Russian advance.

Among the American prisoners released by the 6th Ranger Battalion from Cabanatuan Prison in the Philippines on January 30, 1945, was Major Caryl L. Picotte, Sioux-Omaha, formerly of Nebraska, but now stationed in Oakland, California.

S-Sgt. John Lee Redeagle, Quapaw, and his wife. Sgt. Redeagle, wearer of the Air Medal, was released from a German prison camp after several months of captivity.

Major Picotte was called to active duty with the Air Corps in September, 1941, and sent to the Philippines. On his arrival in Manila he was assigned to duty as Associate Engineering Officer at the Philippine Air Depot, Nichols Field.

After the Japanese air attack on Nichols Field, December 8, 1941, when most of the serviceable American aircraft were destroyed, Major Picotte assisted in the organization of a provisional Air Corps regiment which fought as infantry from January 1, 1942, until the capitulation of Bataan on April 9th of that year. He was in the famous Death March from Bataan to the first American prisoner-of-war camp at O'Donnell, covering 80 miles in three days with one meal of rice. In June he was moved to Cabanatuan, where he remained until released by the Rangers two and a half years later. During the last days before the fall of Bataan, he was recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star.

Major Picotte comes of a distinguished Indian family. His grandfather was Joseph LaFlesche (Iron Eyes), the last chief of the Omaha tribe. His mother, Susan LaFlesche Picotte, was the first Indian woman physician and is remembered with veneration for her life of unselfish service to both Indians and Whites. The late Francis LaFlesche, distinguished ethnologist, was his uncle, and Suzette LaFlesche Tibbles, (Bright Eyes), who lectured throughout the civilized world and was the most famous Indian woman of the 1880's and 1890's, was his aunt.

Major Picotte reported that there were more than 300 Indians on Bataan and Corregidor. While in the prison camps he met and talked with many from all sections of the country. He added, "Their battle record, individually and as a whole, left nothing to be desired."

Not all the news of the prisoners of war is good. Some did not survive the rigors and the mistreatment in the camps, and some were lost in the torpedoing of several ships carrying prisoners of war from the Philippines to Japan. Others perished when another ship was bombed and sunk in Subic Bay. It is hoped that, as time goes on, more will be found alive and that the lists of released prisoners will grow.

A Family of Braves

Six grandsons of the Reverend Ben Brave, retired Sioux minister, have shown their patriotism by donning uniforms. Four went into the army, one into the Navy, and one into the Coast Guard.

Staff Sgt. Francis E. Brave received the Silver Star for gallantry in action, evacuating 30 German prisoners to the rear under enemy fire on Anzio beachhead. "During the two hours required for the trip," to quote the citation, "Sergeant brave had to wade through waist-deep water and frequently had to take cover from enemy tank and mortar shells; however, he controlled his prisoners and brought them to the proper collecting point. Sergeant Brave's gallant conduct made possible the early gathering of important information from the prisoners and reflects much credit on the Army of the United States."

Staff Sgt. Waldron A. Frazier, also a grandson of the Reverend Brave, served with the Second Troop Carrier Squadron for four years, during two of which he was stationed successively in China, India, and Burma. As crew chief of the "Thunderbird," one of the big transport planes, he had more than 125 hours of combat flying time, and he wore the Air Medal, the Pacific Theater Ribbon with two battle stars, and the American Defense Ribbon. His group won two Presidential Unit citations. Last December he was killed in a plane crash while being invalided home.

Nearly four hundred of "The Chief's" friends decided to do something in his memory. Accordingly, they bought for his little girl, Ilona Joyce, $1,025 worth of War Bonds, and sent a check for the $14.45 left over from the purchases. Among the donors were all ranks from majors to privates. "We hope that this little gift will help to give Ilona Joyce some of the things that Waldron would like her to have," they wrote.

The other four grandsons are doing well, and no doubt we shall hear brave stories of them. They are: Cpl. Alexander A. Brave, Sgt. Judson B. Brave, and Ronald H. and Donald H. Frasier, twins, who are in the Coast Guard and the Navy, respectively.

The Reverend Brave's son, Ben, was recently discharged from the Army for overage. A son-in-law, Lt. Frank Fox, is in the Army, and another grandson, John W. Frazier, Jr., has recently donned the uniform. Two grandsons-in-law, James Wilson and Russell DeCora, complete the family fighting group.

Top, S-Sgt. Judson Brave; center, S-Sgt. Francis Brave, S-Sgt, Waldron Frazier, Cpl Alexander Brave; bottom, Ronald and Donald Frazier.

Mrs. Etta S. Jones receives from Secretary Ickes a check for $6887.54, covering her salary for the years she spent as a prisoner in Japan. She was captured on Attu.

Indian Service Employees in the War

Twenty-one employees of the Indian Service gave their lives for the cause of freedom and justice, some of them in action against the enemy, some in training, some by accident, and some by illness. There will be more names to add to the list when the reckoning is completed. Captain Homer Claymore, pilot of a B-17 bomber in the 8th Air Force, has been missing for many months and must be presumed lost. He was employed as a baker at Pine Ridge before he entered the AAF. Lt. Orian Wynn, of the Consolidated Ute Agency, was reported missing after a raid on enemy territory from his base in Italy.

The prisoners of war released by the victorious armies of the United Nations include Soldier Sanders, baker at the Sequoyah School, Wallace Tuner, clerk at Jicarilla, and Marion Chadacloi, assistant at Navajo. They were all prisoners of the Germans. Cornelius Gregory, teacher at Fort Sill, spent eleven months interned in Sweden, following a raid on Germany during which his plane was damaged and had to land in neutral territory. Mrs. Etta S. Jones, teacher, who was captured when the Japanese invaded the island of Attu in June 1942, was found in a camp near Tokyo and brought back to the United States. Her husband, who was a

special assistant and operated the radio station on the island, was killed at the time of the invasion. Dr. Sidney E. Seid, formerly physician at the Chilocco School, survived more than three years' imprisonment in Japan.

Still to be heard from are Louis E. Williams, clerk at Pine Ridge, and Roy J. House, clerk at Jicarilla, who were made prisoners by the Japanese during the first campaigns in the Philippines.

Indian Service employees have won decorations for gallantry and courage. Lt. William Sixkiller, Jr., who died of wounds received in action on Saipan, received the posthumous award of the Silver Star. Another Indian Office employee, Sgt. Robert Duffin, wears the same decoration, awarded for exploits in Germany, and Philip Kowice, of the United Pueblos Agency, earned his Silver Star in the Italian campaign. Bronze Star Medals were awarded to Lt. James M. Ware, of the Osage Agency, who directed evacuation of the wounded in an Italian engagement, although seriously wounded himself; to Colonel E. Morgan Pryse, Director of Roads, for the construction of airfields in advance combat sectors; and to Major Delmer F. Parker, Physician at the Pawnee Agency, for his work as surgeon in the Pacific theatre. Capt. Louis J. Feves, furloughed from his position as physician at the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, won the Soldier's Medal when he went to the rescue of injured crew members of a bomber which had crashed on a heavily-mined reef in the Gilbert Islands.

The list of those wounded in action includes Henry McEwin (Engineer, Chilocco School), Walter W. Nations (Agricultural Extension Agent, United Pueblos), Nelson Thomson (Assistant, Navajo), Walter Campbell (Barber, Sherman institute), Franklin Gritts (Teacher, Haskell Institute), Michael Bordeaux (Clerk, Rosebud), James M. Ware (Clerk, Osage), Henry Garcia (Orderly, Navajo), and Morris James (Mechanic, Pine Ridge).

IN MEMORIAM

Joe Singer	Assistant, Navajo Agency	May 10, 1942
C. Foster Jones	Assistant, Alaska Service	June 8, 1942
Percy Archdale	Clerk, Truxton Canyon Agency	February 7, 1943
Irwin G. Price	Forest Ranger, Fort Apache Agency	November 23, 1943
Alfred Begay	Farmer, Navajo Agency	October 26, 1943
Cruz McDaniels	Clerk, Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency	May 18, 1944
Richard Monte Strong	Engineering Aide, United Pueblos Agency	June 1, 1944
William Sixkiller, Jr.	Clerk, Chicago Office	July 13, 1944
Harold A. Wood	Engineer, United Pueblos Agency	July 17, 1944
Esther F. Henry	Field Nurse, Osage Agency	August 18, 1944
Susan Motylewski	Teacher, Navajo Agency	October 29, 1944
James F. Klock	Physician, Consolidated Chippewa Agency	December 12, 1944
Winfield Robinson	Forester, Colville Agency	December 15, 1944
Velma Miller	Nurse, Navajo Agency	December 19, 1944
Allen E. Lovine	Boys' Adviser, Carson Agency	March 27, 1945
Joe Gonzales	Pump Operator, Sells Agency	March 31, 1945
Ted Bird	Truck Driver, United Pueblos Agency	April 1, 1945
Vicenti Mirabal	Teacher, United Pueblos Agency	April 7, 1945
William Silas Coons	Farm Agent, Shawnee Agency	April 14, 1945
Fred James	Bus Driver, Pima Agency	May 7, 1945
Wilson Tso	General Mechanic, Navajo Agency	May 13, 1945

Source: An non-circulating original copy of this publication is located in the Navy Department Library Special Collection.

Note: The entry for Robert Custer Jordan on page 23 was added on 11 March 2009 at the request of a family member.

1941-1945

Indians in the War

Honor for Indian Heroism

Congressional Medal of Honor

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross

Silver Star to a Young Artist

Silver Star for Sherman Graduate

Led the Way for Tanks

Silver Star for a Cherokee

A Potawatomi Leads the Way

Initiative, Bravery, and Gallantry

Decoration for a Papago

Hero's Son Receives Medal

Ordeal by Fire

With the Famous Ivy Leaf

Held the Lines

An Alaskan Scores

Inspired His Comrades

The Bronze Star for an Infantryman

Saved by Partisans

Purple Heart, Four Cluster

A Submarine Veteran

A Navajo Fights on Two Fronts

Foresight and Sound Decision

Awards for Valor

Awards for Valor

Awards for Valor

Ceremonial Dances in the Pacific

A Choctaw Leads the Guerrillas

An Empty Saddle

We Honor These Dead

Navajo Code Talkers

byW/T Sgt. Murrey MarderMarine Corps Combat Correspondent

Indians Fought on Iwo Jima

Wounded in Action

Indians Work for the Navy

By Lt. Frederick W. Sleight, USNR

To the Indian Veteran

Indian Women Work for Victory

Prisoners of War Released

A Family of Braves

Indian Service Employees in the War

IN MEMORIAM

by
W/T Sgt. Murrey Marder
Marine Corps Combat Correspondent