Sargeant Tommy Prince

Originally posted by Art Johnson
I hate to rain on anyones parade but I don't think that Tommy Prince is the most decorated native soldier who served in the Canadian Army. The Military Medal and the U.S. Silver Star are not the highest awards for bravery in their respective countries. One native soldier in WW I was awarded Two MMs, another was awarded the DCM and I am sure there are others. Sgt. Prince may have been the most decorated native soldier in the Canadian Army in WW II but don't forget there were other wars before WW II. Refer to the following web site:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub...y/other/native

Hi Art Thanks for the link and mentioning the other Native Soldiers I'll check out that link to learn more...thanks for "raining on the parade" ... if it should rain, it should rain! Glad you brought the "rain" Art! GRIN

Meanwhile... medals are great, but what stands out to me about these soldiers is not the medals, but the "Soldiers" themselves, decorated and un-decorated..... what happened for them, and to them, and didn't, after they came home. To be so awarded with medals etc... and so discarded almost, was somehow even worse. The powers that be certainly have had sh#tty priorities and dog-eat-dog ways for people that cover their asses and do the dirty work for them.

The poem posted in the "Warrior Passes" thread posted by Geoff says a lot of what I mean, much better than I could.

Meanwhile... its nice to be learning more about "Native" involvement in the wars. The group photo I have of the RWR's taken June 1943 in England has a lot of Native looking men in the group.

I still feel tho that "a soldier is a soldier is a soldier" PERIOD. SOLDIERING is the important thing. Not sex or race (says me