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General Douglas MacArthur meeting Navajo, O'odham, Pawnee and other native troops on 31 December 1943. Navajo code talkers during the Battle of Saipan in 1944.. As many as 25,000 Native Americans in World War II fought actively: 21,767 in the Army, 1,910 in the Navy, 874 in the Marines, 121 in the Coast Guard, and several hundred Native American women as nurses.
This is a list of Native Americans awarded the nation's highest military decoration – the Medal of Honor.The Medal of Honor is bestowed "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty, in actual combat against an armed enemy force."
See also: Native Americans and World War II About 44,000 Native men and 800 women joined the military during World War II. [17] There are many reasons that Natives joined the United States military, such as a way to advance their education or opportunities to earn money and receive life experience outside of their hometown. [17]
However, the use of Native American communicators pre-dates WWII. Early pioneers of Native American-based communications used by the US Military include the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Lakota peoples during World War I. [3] Today the term Code Talker includes military personnel from all Native American communities who have contributed their language ...
Hispanic Americans, also referred to as Latinos, served in all elements of the American armed forces in the war.They fought in every major American battle in the war. According to House concurrent resolution 253, 400,000 to 500,000 Hispanic Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, out of a total of 16,000
Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was an Akimel O'odham Indigenous American and a United States Marine during World War II.Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona.
Pascal Cleatus Poolaw (January 29, 1922 – November 7, 1967) was a Kiowa who served with the United States Army in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.He is the United States' most decorated Native American, with 42 medals and citations, including the Distinguished Service Cross, four Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars, as well as three Purple Hearts – one for each war.
Major General Clarence Leonard Tinker (November 21, 1887 – June 7, 1942) was a career United States Army officer, the highest ranking Native-American officer (as a member of the Osage Nation), and the first to reach that rank. [1] During World War II, he had been assigned as Commander of the Seventh Air Force in Hawaii to reorganize the air ...