Dead Japanese on Edson´s Ridge. Guadalcanal, September 1942

Edson´s Ridge

These Native American Marines were photographed in March 1945 while enroute to Okinawa.PFC Joe Hosteen Kelwood of Steamboat Canyon, Ganado, Arizona; Pvt Floyd Saupitty of Lawton, Oklahoma (a Comanche); and PFC Alex Williams of Red Lake, Leupp, Arizona. All were veterans from the Battle of Peleliu, September-October 1944.Kelwood and Williams were Code Talkers.

Native American Marines

Cpt. Blake with japanese flamethrower, Munda, New Georgia, July 17th 1943