IRA HAYES

Washington, D.C. · August 14, 1982 Some 44,000 Native Americans served in the U.S. mili­tary during World War II. One-and-a-half times more Native Ameri­cans volun­teered for service than were drafted; indeed, Native Amer­i­can parti­ci­pa­tion in the war per capita exceeded any other group. Native Amer­i­cans served in all theaters, but pre­domi­nately in the Pacific. No group…