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726:Code talkers
463:Purple Heart
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316:Fort Jackson
300:Fort Benning
293:
289:code talkers
285:Signal Corps
246:
237:U.S. Capitol
226:
224:of the war.
210:World War II
194:
193:
178:Purple Heart
146:World War II
142:Battles/wars
66:(2005-07-20)
1501:2005 deaths
1496:1921 births
1357:Engagements
1193:Chester Nez
1118:Thomas Claw
320:Camp Kilmer
314:, Florida,
304:Camp Gordon
271:throughout
206:code talker
1490:Categories
1374:New Guinea
1338:Potawatomi
1263:Chitimacha
917:2017-04-08
881:You Tube,
737:References
447:w/ bronze
341:Utah Beach
88:Allegiance
47:1921-11-20
1404:The Bulge
1293:Menominee
1253:Blackfeet
1168:Jeff King
1138:Ira Hayes
697:Fort Sill
579:" silver
243:Biography
231:from the
111:1941–1945
1423:See also
1414:Nagasaki
1394:Normandy
1348:Shoshone
1343:Seminole
1303:Muscogee
1298:Meskwaki
1283:Iroquois
1273:Comanche
1258:Cherokee
994:You Tube
932:DoD News
766:April 6,
704:See also
308:Fort Dix
283:for the
214:Comanche
96:Service/
1268:Choctaw
844:by the
574:⁄
345:"D-Day"
235:at the
220:in the
188:w/ palm
1333:Pawnee
1313:Ojibwe
1308:Navajo
1288:Lakota
1248:Apache
1241:Tribes
1076:People
395:.<
273:Europe
253:Lawton
169:Awards
98:branch
1328:Osage
569:and
380:from
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1278:Hopi
768:2017
201:and
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