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NBA ServiceOKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 26 — Jcseph Okiahombi, full-looded I Choctaw Indian, who is one of l America’s great World War heroes, i ; finally has been forced to apply to ! | the Veterans* Bureau here for com- j 1i pensation. | -Oklahoma's greatest war exploit lt;was when he was serving with the j : 36th Division near St. Etienne. He i went out against a German position i stubbed with machine guns and ( trench mortars, captured the position and 171 prisoners. He was gassed at the Meu*e*Argonne, cited 1 \ j twice, and decorated. \ y| The war over. Okiahombi went j ! back to his own country, lived sim- 5 « ply on a small farm with his wife { and son. Now 15 years after his I , j heroism, jobless, he has asked for , veterans' relief. -
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Del Rio Evening News
Del Rio, Texas, US
Mon, Dec 26, 1932
Page 3
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