Godspeed Corporal Brett Lundstrum - Earning the Flag and the Eagle Feather
The Rocky Mountain News has an incredible pictorial of the services for the burial of Brett Lundstrom - a Marine Corporal and Native American, an American Fighting Man and a Lakota Warrior. Lundstrom was killed by small arms fire on January 7th in Fallujah, Iraq.
The whole story is here and is worth your time.
This story is part of a series in the Rocky Mountain News - Final Salute
Native Americans have had a significant role in American military history:
* More than 44,000 Native Americans (over 10% of the Native American population at the time) served in WWII. More than 42,000 served in Vietnam.
* There are more than 200,000 Native American veterans.
Links about Native Americans in the US Military:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
US Soldiers Celebrate Native American Heritage in Iraq
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