Despite all that, they were heroes in the purest of the pure sense of the word. They were heroes because they fought and died and prevailed for a cause that really had little to do with their hardscrabble lives whether they had traveled steerage or had roots to the land spanning thousands of years.
November 02, 2006
Ira Hayes, hero
Thank You Clint; Thank You Adam...The Story Behind “Flags of Our Fathers”Very few people have ever heard of Ira Hayes. But he’s a hero. He and millions of other young men who weren’t quite men yet, but boys; underfed, undereducated boys growing up during the Great Depression intolerant and fearful of each other’s ethnic differences.
Despite all that, they were heroes in the purest of the pure sense of the word. They were heroes because they fought and died and prevailed for a cause that really had little to do with their hardscrabble lives whether they had traveled steerage or had roots to the land spanning thousands of years.
Despite all that, they were heroes in the purest of the pure sense of the word. They were heroes because they fought and died and prevailed for a cause that really had little to do with their hardscrabble lives whether they had traveled steerage or had roots to the land spanning thousands of years.
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Pascal Poolaw? I had to look him up. Here's what one website said about him:
"First Sergeant Pascal C. Poolaw was a hero in three wars, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam. He was a full blooded Kiowa Indian who enlisted in the Army during WW2 and was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart fighting the German Army."
If you want modern-day Native American heroes, how about Will Rogers, Vine Deloria Jr., Billy Mills, Elouise Cobell, or the Codetalkers? We could name many more people, such as this list of 10 Native Americans Everyone Should Know.
Then there's the online poll that chose the "Greatest Native American." You can see the dubious results here.
Writerfella seemed to be limiting himself to heroes whose lives overlapped his, so I did too.
I knew nine of the 10 on the list--but then, I spend most of my time doing this. If you know at least three of 10, you're probably doing better than average.
Thanks for the comment on my Grandfather. There is alot to more to discover, about my grandpa and his sons. I was once contacted about someone wanting to write a book about him. He never contacted me back and also I have a address of a soldier that served with him and credits his life that he has now on a orderes that my grandpa gave him,
Contact me if you want
at poolawdr@yahoo.com
I also serve in the USMC
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