New Memorial Recognizes Generations Of Military Service By Native American Veterans

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A new monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., opens on Veterans Day — the National Native American Veterans Memorial.

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Native veterans are hoping to sanctify the site whenever it becomes safe to travel.

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Smithsonian Reveals Winning Design For New Native American Veterans Memorial

‘Hoping recognition of Native service will be nationwide’

LeBeau is a citizen of the Two Kettle Band, Cheyenne River Sioux. She recalls hearing a constant barrage of German «buzz bombs during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, while she worked as a surgical nurse at the 25th General Hospital in Liege, Belgium, just miles from the front.

«To me it was a great honor, she said — and one recognized by her tribe when she returned home to South Dakota. With the memorial, she’s hoping recognition of Native service will be nationwide.

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Marcella LeBeau, a 101-year-old former Army nurse.

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Army vet Allen Hoe before his departure home from Vietnam in 1968.

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Allen Hoe

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First Lt. Nainoa K Hoe in Iraq in 2004. He died in Mosul in 2005 serving during operation Iraqi Freedom.

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The new Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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The new Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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