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follow Courtesy Cherokee Nation Cherokee veteran Cyrus Gilmore, center, is surrounded by family as he accepts his Cherokee Nation veteran award from Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker, Deputy Chief S. Joe Crittenden and Tribal Council. SHARE THIS STORY PRINT 5 Veterans Receive Like 880 people like this. Be the ﬁrst of your friends. Cherokee Medal of Patriotism for Their

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Submit this Story The Cherokee Nation honored three World War II and two Korean War era veterans with the Cherokee Medal of Patriotism at its June Tribal Council meeting in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Cyrus Beatty Gilmore, 84, of McMinnville, Tennessee; the late Gippy Woodall, of Welch, Oklahoma, who was honored posthumously; Andy Girty, 80, of Lawrence, MORE VETERANS Kansas; Joseph Hubert Leathers, 92, of Big Cabin, Oklahoma; and Winfred Clark Chamberlain Jr., 93, of Texas City, Texas, received a medal and plaque from August 03, 2014 Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker and Deputy Chief S. Joe Heitkamp Launches Crittenden June 16, acknowledging their service to the country. One-... Less than a month Seaman Gilmore was born October 2, 1929, to Donald Bruce and Carolyn after her first Native... Elizabeth Johnson Gilmore, in Davenport, Oklahoma. In 1947, Gilmore enlisted in

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the U.S. Navy and completed basic training in San Diego. After basic training, he August 02, 2014 5 Clinical Tools was assigned to the USS Hollister and trained for gun fire control. Gilmore Help... received an honorable discharge in 1951 and was awarded the Korean Service Health care providers Medal, Good Conduct Medal and more. After his service, Gilmore became an have much to... electrician working mainly in the oil fields of Taft, California. In 1969, he and his July 31, 2014 wife, Linda, moved their family to McMinnville, Tennessee, where he currently From Geronimo to lives. ‘The... Considering the U.S. “I’m proud to be a Cherokee, and I am proud to have served our country and God, Military uses a... and the Cherokee Nation,” Gilmore said.

Pfc. Woodall was born March 16, 1916, to Ira Coon Woodall and Grace Bell Dotric, near Welch. Woodall helped his father haul coal by wagon from west of Welch to Pitcher before joining the U.S. Army. While serving in Italy during World War II, Woodall was killed in action when his company was ambushed by German forces in 1944. German soldiers buried his body in a mass grave, where he remained until the early 1950s. Woodall now lies in a cemetery in Welch. The Craig County Court House has a plaque with the names of all Craig County military killed in World War II, including Woodall’s name.

Spc. Girty was born February 15, 1934, to Tobacco and Jennie Girty, at the Claremore Indian Hospital. Raised on Greenleaf Hill in Tahlequah, Girty was the oldest of six children. He graduated from Tahlequah High School, and then Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. Following graduation, Girty was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1957. He completed basic training at Fort Carson, Colorado, and then spent eight weeks in clerical school at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Girty worked as a vehicle parts clerk in the motor pool at Fort Lee, Virginia until he received his honorable discharge in 1959. Girty now lives in Lawrence, Kansas, MOST SHARED with his wife, Frances, and still serves as a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University part time. The Power of Seaman Apprentice Leathers was born April 14, 1922, to James and Attie Lee Cherokee Women Hargis Leathers, in Adair. Leathers dropped out of school to work on the family farm. In 1942, Leathers was drafted into the U.S. Navy, and while waiting to be called up for basic training he worked for B & B Transportation Line in Tulsa. In Five of the World’s April 1945, Leathers went to basic training in San Diego and then sent to San Most Beautiful Underwater Cities Pedro, California, to serve as a mechanic aboard the USS O’Neill. Leathers worked to repair the ship after it suffered damage in combat in Okinawa, Japan. Leathers received an honorable discharge in October 1945. He still lives in Big Cabin near Mary Annette Adair with Ellen, his wife of 40 years. Pember to Lead Yearlong Project on Historical Trauma “I have had people ask me what nationality I am, and I say, well, I’m Cherokee. I’m proud to be Cherokee,” Leathers said. Man Crush Monday, Pt 1 (of 4): The Lt. j.g. Chamberlain was born March 1, 1921, to Winfred and Ethel O’Neil Native James Bond, Chamberlain, in Houston. Chamberlain was attending Rice Institute when the Martin Sensmeier Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. In 1942, Chamberlain enlisted in the U.S. Navy Navajo Nation and completed basic training in San Diego. With some college education, the U.S. Slams Door on Deal Navy sent Chamberlain to North Western Midshipmen School in Chicago, where That Would Have he was commissioned as an U.S. Navy officer after completion. Chamberlain Allowed Uranium Mining served as a skipper of a landing ship tank in the Pacific Ocean. Chamberlain and his crew were preparing to move toward the Japanese mainland when the war ended. He received an honorable discharge in 1946. Chamberlain now lives in Texas City, Texas.

Each month Cherokee Nation recognizes Cherokee service men and women for their sacrifices and as a way to demonstrate the high regard in which all veterans http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/07/09/5-veterans-receive-cherokee-medal-patriotism-their-services-155707 Page 2 of 4 5 Veterans Receive Cherokee Medal of Patriotism for Their Services - ICTMN.com 8/3/14, 1:52 PM

are held by the tribe. Native Americans, including Cherokees, are thought to have more citizens serving per capita than any other ethnic group, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. To nominate a veteran who is a Cherokee Nation citizen, call (918) 453-5541 or (800) 256-0671, ext. 5541.

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