![]() “We recognize the warrior passion inside of you and they will always support, cloth, feed you and treat you as Family just how you treat each other as Family. "Despite National Native American Heritage month only being in November, wherever you go … we stand by you,” Red Bear said. That’s how much Native Americans mean to the armed forces.” If you come to our land, we look at you and know that you are warriors and welcome into our homes with open arms. “The Family I come from, we cherish and support all service members. ![]() “There are many instances where Native Americans have influenced Army life,” Red Bear said. While the enlistment of Native Americans in the military helps diversify the forces, it also offers non-Native American service members an opportunity to experience a different culture but an extended Family as well based on warrior culture. ![]() He said it’s a feeling deep inside that drives many Native Americans to enlist. ![]() Red Bear explained how the Army gave him and others the opportunity to practice his personal need to live his warrior culture. Two guest speakers introduced attendees to the Comanche code talkers who helped win World War II and the warrior culture shared by all native tribes. 1st Class Robert Williams, Soldier Support Institute, reads about prominent Native Americans presented in a display during the Fort Jackson National Native American Heritage Month celebration Nov. It doesn’t matter who they are, what branch they are, to us as natives, those are our warriors.” armed forces … Marines, Army, Air Force, Navy … whoever they be. The only way they could practice their warrior societies was enlisting in the U.S. “A lot of them couldn’t fulfill their culture, their way of life as time went on. “A lot of Native Americans come from warrior societies,” Red Bear said. Martin Red Bear, Army veteran and member of the Lakota people of the Sioux tribe, also spoke of the warrior culture and the “strong relation with the armed forces.” “Being a warrior of a homestead is just in my nature.” I am related to Quanah Parker, the last known war chief of the Comanche tribe,” DeFlippo said. “I do think it is my heritage that ultimately pulled me to join the U.S. “Although several were wounded, none were killed.”īeing a member of the Comanche tribe, DeFlippo visits his elders in Lawton, Oklahoma and attributes his motivation to enlist in the Army to his father, also a veteran, and the warrior culture of his heritage. “The Comanche code was never broken,” DeFlippo said. Foster to develop an unbreakable Comanche language code.”ĭeFlippo, one of two guest speakers, said “they were given 250 military terms they translated” into common Comanche words “such as tutsahkuna' tawo'i',” or sewing machine, to represent machine gun and “wakaree'e,” or turtle, to mean tanks.ĭuring World War II, these code talkers would land on Utah Beach in France, fight and relaying decisive communications throughout several strategic and key battles that enabled American and Allied forces to ultimately win the war. They were placed under the command of Lt. “They received phone, radio, Morse code, and semaphore training. Ky DeFlippo, a Comanche tribesman and drill sergeant assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment. “In December of 1940, the Army recruited 17 Comanche to become code talkers,” said Staff Sgt. We reflect on both the history and teachings of their achievements for our great nation.”ĭuring the observance, attendees learned the history of Comanche code talkers and their impact on World War II. “Native Americans remain grounded in truth and resilient in spirit. Kent Solheim, 165th Infantry Brigade commander. “Native American history is American History,” said Col. Soldiers and civilians celebrated Native American heritage and their contributions to military history during the National Native American Heritage Observance held at Darby Field on Nov. (Photo Credit: Alexandra Shea) VIEW ORIGINALįORT JACKSON, S.C. Garcia happened to be attending his grandson’s Family Day when he learned of the celebration event and attended. Michaelis, Fort Jackson commanding general, talks with Nicholas Garcia, the grandfather of a Soldier who was a part of Family Day activities earlier in the day, during the post’s National Native American Heritage Month celebration on Nov.
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