Well I have no particular subject in mind for this day. However I do have a couple stats folks might be interested in knowing..Then again maybe not...lol.

When dealing with wars and campaigns of the modern era..

more than 8000 Native Americans served in WW-I, 25,000 in WW-II, 41,000 in Vietnam, and 24,000 in Operation Desert Storm. I do not have an accurate accounting of current members serving in Iraq/ Afgan campaigns at present.

 I found it interesting that the more things where still being fought for here on American soils in relationship to Native American rights and properties, that the number of those having served this nation on foriegn lands increased. I won't go any furthur than that with that statement but just thought I would throw that out there..

There are few memorials honoring those having served from the Native communities, yet... they still continue to serve with honor and tenacity along side all their other brothers and sisters under one nation. I am not saying they deserve special recognition, just that they deserve the same amount and for the same reasons as the many others that have managed to gain historical importance and recognitions..

There are countless national monuments and memorials rendering the names of the many individuals having beared the cross of service to nation, yet only a minute amount of monumental rememberances of the many Native Americans having done the same. I am not really sure as to the why here... are Americans ashamed to have their original counterparts serve in their time of need? Are the names of these individuals not worthy of mention and so insignificant that they can be forgotten and don't warrent such recognitions? I just dont understand I guess... Our ancestors be they white, Native, Black, or imigrants from the many nations around the globe all faught side by side, yet we tend to cast a shadow on their behalf when it comes time to pay honor and tribute to those having given all they possessed to serve our nation.

On the behalf of the nation, I must admit that in recent times.. some recognition has been given, but ever heard the adage "a day late and a dollar short". We have recognized our "Code Talkers" and in that, other attention has come to the forefront of the services the Native Americans have rendered over time, and again should not have taken this long to be so.

Well I won't go on and on, just something I had been thinking about recently.

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Thanks, darlin. You came up as "Anonymous", by the way, but I knew it was you as soon as I saw the "thanks for the plug" part of your comment. Ohhhhhhh what fun I'm going to have, now that I know how to use images this way! Thanks for the help, sweetness; I truly appreciate it.