US Marines

Native American Marines

Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

These Native American Marines were photographed in March 1945 while enroute to Okinawa.PFC Joe Hosteen Kelwood of Steamboat Canyon, Ganado, Arizona; Pvt Floyd Saupitty of Lawton, Oklahoma (a Comanche); and PFC Alex Williams of Red Lake, Leupp, Arizona. All were veterans from the Battle of Peleliu, September-October 1944.Kelwood and Williams were Code Talkers.