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Post by deadwoodgultch on Apr 29, 2018 11:46:03 GMT
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Apr 29, 2018 11:48:54 GMT
George Armstrong Custer III, 67, who fought to retain his great-grand-uncle's name on a national park in Montana on the site of Custer's Last Stand on June 25, 1876. Himself a decorated Army officer, Custer repeatedly objected to proposals to remove Custer's name from Custer Battlefield National Monument, where Sioux and Cheyenne Indians wiped out Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 224 men. The retired colonel, who lived in Pebble Beach, complained that Indian activism had also caused his family to be ignored at centennial observances of the battle. Custer served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, and earned eight air medals, the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross. On Saturday in Toledo of a heart attack. Read more: greatsiouxwar1876.proboards.com/thread/649/axis-forces-world-war?page=3#ixzz5E3rNsxNT |
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Apr 29, 2018 11:49:42 GMT
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Apr 29, 2018 11:52:21 GMT
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mac
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Post by mac on Apr 30, 2018 4:19:57 GMT
Very interesting Tom!
Cheers
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