Did USA ever sent native Americans to fight as COMBAT TROOPS during WW2?
Native Americans were HUGHLY represented during WWII, and not just in Signal Corps either. On July 1, 942 – The Six Nations (Mohawks, Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Iroquois) actually declared WAR on the Axis Powers. They were there, all volunteers, from the very beginning of US participation in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, Europe, and the entire Pacific Ocean Battle. The incredible Fighting Oklahoma Thunderbirds of the 45th division were famous in the Mediterranean Sea. The Thunderbirds were one of only TWO National Guard divisions to see combat. They were made up of Native Americans from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma mostly. They were DEMONS in battle ….. not MY words, that’s what their other soldiers called them. They were involved in the Battles for the Mediterranean, the Invasion of Salerno, the Occupation of North Africa and the Amphib Assault on Sicily, Anzio, and Salerno and the liberation of Italy and France. They were also in charg
