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Drawing fire : a Pawnee, artist, and Thunderbird in World War II /

In 1940, at the age of seventeen, Pawnee Indian artist Brummett Echohawk (1922-2006) enlisted in the 45th Infantry Division, the "Thunderbirds," part of the Oklahoma Army National Guard in his home town of Pawnee, Oklahoma. General George Patton told the 45th that they were "one of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Echohawk, Brummett (Author), Ellenbarger, Mark R. (Author)
Other Authors: Riley, Trent (Editor), Childers, Ernest (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Subjects:
Echohawk, Brummett.
Pawnee Indians > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian.
United States > Armed Forces > Indians.
Indian artists > Biography.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 179th. > Company B. > Biography.
Indian soldiers > Biography.

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