Dec 2, 2024
Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, last war chief of the Crow Nation — while serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, he met the four requirements for becoming a war chief. He led a raid against a German position, disarming them and taking them prisoner. He then stole their horses. He died in 2016, aged 102.
Image 1 : Dr. Medicine Crow receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, 2009 (Photo courtesy of AP)
Image 2 : Joe Medicine Crow as a young man, shortly before joining the U.S. Army in 1943 (Photographer unknown)
The Crow are a Native American tribe who called themselves "Apsáalooke”, or "children of the large-beaked bird,” which was mistakenly translated into “crow”.
