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a.d. elliott
Biography
Desert Storm/Desert Shield
Died in Service
Gulf War
New Hampshire
US Air Force
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He attended Dwight Training School before he enlisted in the US Army in response to World War I. Assigned to the 141st Infantry, Private First Class Ben Carterby became one of the Choctaw code talkers. The unit was the first to use a Native American language to transmit messages.
It is important to note that Native Americans were not given U.S. Citizenship until 1924 and fought this war regardless.
Private First Class Ben Carterby returned to his native Oklahoma after the war, dying on February 6, 1953.
Captain Charles Walter Vetch
Corporal Peter Maytubby
Corporal Tobias William Frazier
Corporal Solomon Bond Louis
Private First Class Ben Carterby
Private First Class Joseph Oklahombi
Private Joseph Harvey Davenport
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