Joseph Medicine Crow: Becoming a War Chief
Fighting in WWII Europe, Joseph Medicine Crow completed the four deeds of a Crow war chief.
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Joseph Medicine Crow: Becoming a War Chief
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Fighting in WWII Europe, Joseph Medicine Crow completed the four deeds of a Crow war chief.
Born on the Crow reservation in Montana in 1913, Joseph Medicine Crow was raised by his elders in the warrior tradition of his grandfather, a great war chief. Serving with the 103rd Infantry Division in Europe, he led a war party, touched an enemy and took his weapon, and captured German horses, unknowingly completing the four deeds required of a Crow war chief.
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Joseph Medicine Crow: Becoming a War Chief
Clip: Episode 5 | 8m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Born on the Crow reservation in Montana in 1913, Joseph Medicine Crow was raised by his elders in the warrior tradition of his grandfather, a great war chief. Serving with the 103rd Infantry Division in Europe, he led a war party, touched an enemy and took his weapon, and captured German horses, unknowingly completing the four deeds required of a Crow war chief.
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