Fort Benning Observes Native American Heritage Month [Image 1 of 3]

FORT BENNING, GA, UNITED STATES

11.20.2019

Photo by Markeith Horace 

Fort Moore Public Affairs Office

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Theodore “Ted” Isham, a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, demonstrates Nov. 20 how Native American service members known as code talkers used their tribal languages to send encoded messages during the two world wars. The demonstration was part of a Native American Heritage Month observance at McGinnis-Wickam Hall here that highlighted the code talkers. Isham was followed by Second Chief Lewis Johnson, who serves as assistant chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Johnson told the audience that Native Americans have served in the defense of cherished freedoms, and that all Americans should “defend and sustain” those freedoms. The observance was hosted by the Henry Caro Noncommissioned Officer Academy, part of Fort Benning’s Maneuver Center of Excellence. (U.S. Army photos by Markeith Horace, Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning Public Affairs)

• Date Taken: 11.20.2019
• Date Posted: 11.21.2019 16:38
• Photo ID: 5928703
• VIRIN: 191120-O-IE830-836
• Resolution: 1280x853
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• Location: FORT BENNING, GA, US
• Hometown: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, US