PARIS (AP) — Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101. Shay ...
Charles Norman Shay was believed to be the last of roughly 500 Native American soldiers who came ashore at Normandy, France on D-Day.
A U.S. Army hero from World War II who saved “countless lives” and later served in the Korean War has died, officials announced Wednesday.Charles Norman Shay, a Native American who risked his life to ...
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As a medic, he saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach on D-Day before becoming a prisoner of war. Back home, a decorated veteran, he was forbidden to vote as a Native American.
Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101.Shay died at his ...