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Michigan, Minnesota, and Mississippi Indians Wounded in Action

The following Indians Wounded in Action, are listed by Name, Tribe and Location of death. The name under the photograph is the person shown. No additional information was provided in the book. 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 Ray, 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, … Read more

Colorado, Idaho, Kansas and Louisiana Indians Wounded in Action

The following Indians Wounded in Action, are listed by Name, Tribe and Location of death. The name under the photograph is the person shown. No additional information was provided in the book. 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. Gallaway, Shoshone, Europe Franklin Hootchew, Shoshone-Bannock, Europe Orlin Judson, Sioux, Europe Kenneth Kutch, Shoshone-Bannock, Europe Herbert LeClair, Shoshone, Europe Thomas LaVatta, Shoshone, Europe Layton Littlejohn, Bannock, Europe … Read more

California Indians Wounded in Action

The following Indians Wounded in Action, are listed by Name, Tribe and Location of death. The name under the photograph is the person shown. No additional information was provided in the book. 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 Clarence Bennett, Hoopa (Salmon River) Lean Chase, Klamath-Hoopa Shan Davis, Klamath, Italy Vernon Davis, Klamath-Hoopa Wilfred Ferris, … Read more

Arizona Indians Wounded in Action

The following Indians Wounded in Action, are listed by Name, Tribe and Location of death. The name under the photograph is the person shown. No additional information was provided in the book. Paul Hendricks, Papago, Germany Manuel Kisto, Papago, Germany Fernando Lopez, Papago, Europe Nelson Lopez, Papago, Belgium Nalia Lopez, Papago, Belgium Hanson Norris, Papago, France Raymond Norris, Papago, Germany Louis Ortegas, Papago, France Ralph Patricia, 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. … Read more

Indians who Fought on Iwo Jima

Many Indians participated in the famous action on Iwo Jima. The most celebrated of these is 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 … Read more

Navajo Code Talkers

By MT Sgt. Murrey Marder Corps Combat Correspondent Reprinted by Admission of The Marine Corps Gazette Through the Solomon’s, 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 … Read more

An Empty Saddle – Pvt. Clarence Spotted Wolf

“If I should be killed, I want you to bury me cession. It is pleasing to fancy the spirits of One of the hills east of the place where my brave warriors long departed watching benign grandparents and brothers and sisters only from the Happy Hunting Grounds, Other relatives are buried. As for the empty saddle — who knows? “If you have a memorial service, I want the soldiers to go ahead with the American flog. I want cowboys to follow, all on horseback. I want one of the cowboys to lend one of the wildest of the T over … Read more

A Choctaw Leads the Guerrillas

In April 1945, after mare 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. Ira Wolfert has told some of his story in American Guerrilla in the Philippines, 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 … Read more

Ceremonial Dances in the Pacific

Navajos dance on a beach in the Solomons

By Ernie Pyle One of the last stories written Fay Ernie Pyle before his tragic death on le 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. Okinawa — (By Navy Radio); — Back nearly two years … Read more

Awards for Valor to WW2 Native Americans

Name appears under photograph 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 Sgt. Knowlton Merritt, Klamath-Modoc, Oregon T/4 Roger K. Paul, Blackfoot, Montana 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, Pointe, Nevada Pfc. Philip Kowice, Laguna … Read more

Indian Honors in World War 2

Sgt. Jimmy Declay, Apache, stands guard in Rome

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 … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers

The Twenty-fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, (George P. Bissell, Colonel), was recruited in Hartford and Tolland Counties, in the fall of 1862. The regiment was composed of the very best material, being almost exclusively young men impelled by patriotic motives, and from the first they took a high stand for efficiency and good discipline. Later in its history, when the regiment had been tried in marches and battles, it was thus described by Adjutant-General Morse in his report to the Legislature for 1864: “This is one of the best of our nine months’ regiments and bore a conspicuous part in the … Read more

The 23 Service Battalion Royal Fusiliers

With the formation of the 23 Service Battalion Royal Fusiliers it will be admitted quite a new type of man was brought into the British Army. Public Schools battalions, the Chums, the Footballers, and other battalions were formed. But to the First Sportsman’s belongs the honor of introducing an actually new type. To begin with, it was cosmopolitan. Practically every grade of life was represented, from the peer to the peasant; class distinctions were swept away, every man turned to and pulled his bit. To illustrate what is meant one hut of thirty men at Hornchurch may be mentioned. In this … Read more

The Fifth Leicestershire

A pre-war TF battalion which arrived in France in February 1915 with 46th Division. List of honours and awards. Losses 25 officers and 415 other ranks.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry

Staff Officers, Companies A-D Officers, Warrant Officers and Senior N.C.O.’s, Who embarked for overseas in May 1915 World War I Commanding Officer, Colonel F.L. Morrison, V.D. Second in Command, Major T.L. Jowitt. Adjutant Major, J.R. Simson, H.L.I. Quartermaster Lieut., T. Clark. Padre, Major A.J. Campbell. Medical Officer, Captain A.D. Kennedy. Signaling Officer, Lieut. R.H. Morrison. Machine Gun Officer, Lieut. A.B. Currie. Transport Officer, Lieut. W.L. Buchanan. R.S.M. J., Alexander, H.L.I. R.Q.M.S., A.M. Steedman. Pipe, Major J. Thomson. Orderly Room, Sergeant A. Kelly. Transport, Sergeant R. Birrell. Pioneer, Sergeant W. Stevenson. Signaling, Sergeant D. Bone. “A” Company O.C. Major A. Marshall … Read more

History of Victoria County Ontario

The Victoria County, Ontario Canada Centennial History written by Watson Kirkconnell in 1921 provides a vivid look into the details of pioneer life in the Victoria County area of Ontario. The data extracted from that manuscript which contains genealogical value has been presented here. It consists of military history and records for Victoria County and lists and biographical details of early pioneers. Military Records 45th detachment from Lindsay, Ontario, Canada 4th Peterborough Battalion 4th Regiment of Durham Militia 5th Peterborough Battalion 5th Regiment of Durham Militia 6th Peterborough Battalion Victoria County Soldier Dead County Officers Municipal Officials, Lindsay, Victoria County, … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company B

Roster of Company B, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. Arthur T. Hinckley. First Lieutenant. Henry A. Darling. Second Lieutenants. Daniel V. Marshall, William A. Oliver, Frederick W. White. Sergeants. Henry W. Caye, Samuel W. Steele, William Sewart, William Taylor. Corporals. John Brown, William C. Bruce, William W. Chappell, Hiram Craw, James Jordon, Henry A. Spalding, Franklyn E. Wallace, William J. Warren, Andrew F. Williams. Musician. Elizuer S. Reed. Privates. William Anderson, Joseph Baily, Levi Baily, Steven T. Bartlett, Sylvester Bartram, Levi Benson, Joseph Barnard, William Blake, Austin Booth, Avery Brown, Thomas F. Bunce, James Burns, Albert Cady, Richard … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company D

Roster of Company D, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. George H. Foskit. First Lieutenant. Oscar W. Sanford. Second Lieutenants. George Brennan, Ephraim Taft. Sergeants. Michael Noland, Francis Patten, George Root, Franklyn D. Winters. Corporals. James D. Fenton, Alonzo L. Howard, Ralph Lull, Francis R. Munsell, Marvin A. Shearer, Daniel Webster, Albro Weir, Henry Whiton. Musicians. Emery Carpenter, Henry Hotchkiss. Privates. James H. Adams, John R. Aldrich, Francis A. Allen, Joseph Allen, Samuel Bartlett, David Belcher, James M. Blanchard, John Brennan, Abner S. Brooks, John Bumstead, James Clark, Paine Cleveland, Frederick A. Close, Timothy Collins, Aaron Converse, Andrew A. … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company C

Roster of Company C, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captains. Samuel S. Hayden, Richard W. Roberts. First Lieutenant. Alfred W. Converse. Second Lieutenants. Gurdon Trumburm, Benjamin F. Turner. Sergeants. Addison F. Lamphear, William C. Anderson, Levi G. Hayden, George H. Snow, Jacob A. Turner, Gardner Wilmarth. Corporals. Ira B. Addis, Joseph Fisher, Robert Morrison, Edward Newport, Cyrus Root, Elisha H. Skinner, George H. Smith, William W. Strickland, Benjamin F. Wilcox. Musicians. Norman Fassett, James E. Lacey. Privates. Jason Smith, William H. Baldwin, Daniel B. Barnard, Alfred Beers, Noble H. Bennett, John Brandley, Charles Burgess, Jerome K. Button, Leander W. … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company G

Roster of Company G, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. Charles H. Talcott. First Lieutenant. Hezekiah Bissell. Second Lieutenant. Charles Avery. Sergeants. Benjamin F. Turner, Samuel C. Harding, Nathan Willey, Lemuel R. Lord, John C. Rockwell, Elijah Ward. Corporals. Charles H. Barber, Charles H. Bartholemew, John Brown, Erastus Cowles, Wm. H. Ellsworth, Edwin D. Farnham, John M. Lee, Walter T. Lord, John Roe, John H. Skillman. Musicians. Daniel L. Talcott, Elihu Wattress. Wagoner. Lucius Crane. Privates. Seth S. Allen, Henry Avery, George W. Ayers, Ransford Baker, Samuel Barrows, Elam Belknap, Joseph Belknap, Alfred M. Bissell, Carlos Bissell, Samuel T. … Read more