A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Seventy-one years after WWII ended in 1945, and eight years after the United States Congress passed the Code Talker Recognition Act in 2008 to recognize the American Indian Code Talkers, Levi Oakes, oldest surviving member of the Mohawk Code Talkers, was finally honored. Photo by Deb Cook Jacobs.
"I would like to say they are here today; we may not be able to see them, but they are right here in the front row," stated Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Communications Director Brendan White, as he opened the Congressional Medal Ceremony honoring Akwesas...
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