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What are the 4 things to become a war chief? ›

According to Crow tradition, a warrior must fulfill four requirements to be named a war chief. Medicine Crow accomplished all four during WWII: leading a successful war party, touching an enemy soldier without killing him, disarming an enemy soldier, and capturing an enemy's horse.

Joe Medicine Crow, the last war chief of the Crow Tribe of Montana is profiled in The War, a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

Joseph Medicine Crow successfully led a war party. 2) Take an enemy's weapon: During an attack on a German town, Joseph Medicine Crow encountered a lone German soldier in an alleyway. He hit the enemy under the chin with the stock of his rifle, knocking him down.

While serving in World War II, Medicine Crow unknowingly completed the requirements to become a war chief. He lead a war party across German lines without losing a man, touched an enemy without killing him, disarmed an enemy, and stole German soldiers' horses.

Joseph Medicine Crow (October 27, 1913 – April 3, 2016) was a Native American writer, historian and war chief of the Crow Tribe.

Eventually some of the Crow began to surrender but Sword Bearer and the others remained in the mountains, only to surrender later on to the Crow police. It was during the march out of the Big Horn that one of the policemen shot Sword Bearer in the head, killing him instantly and ending the war.

BILLINGS, Mont. - Joseph Medicine Crow, an acclaimed Native American historian and the last surviving war chief of Montana's Crow Tribe, has died. He was 102.

Corporal Ira Hamilton Hayes (Pima, 1923–1955) remains one of the best-known American Indians to serve in World War II. In 1945, Hayes was one of six servicemen who raised the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the South Pacific—a moment captured in a celebrated photograph (Hayes appears on the far left).

After the failure of the War Lords, the War Chief suffered a failed regeneration. In a half-regenerated form, he adopted the name of Felix Kriegslieter and travelled back in time to use the Nazis as his agents, only to be foiled once again, by the Seventh Doctor.

Born October 27, 1913 near Lodge Grass, Montana, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow is the last living person with a direct oral history from a participant of the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. His grandfather, White Man Runs Him was a scout with General Custer and died in 1925 when Medicine Crow was 11 years old.

Who was a famous German war hero? ›

Eduard Wohlrat Christian Dietl (21 July 1890 – 23 June 1944) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 20th Mountain Army. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

The War. On August 17, a Dakota hunting party stole eggs from settlers in Acton Township, located in Meeker County. The raid led to the deaths of five settlers. Little Crow, a chief of the Mdewakanton band of Dakota, decided to continue the raids.

Thousands of messages transmitted intelligence in Navajo and were translated into English throughout many of the islands in the South Pacific, where the Navajo code talkers served exclusively (soldiers from 14 other Native nations served as code talkers during the war in Europe and the Pacific).

Before he left to go overseas Joe was told by his grandfather White Man Runs Him that he must perform four war deeds in order to become a war chief.

During WWII, morbidity from such diseases as tuberculosis (anti-tuberculosis agents did not begin to appear until 1949), rheumatic fever, hepatitis and tropical diseases was high and the prime reason for residual disability and time lost from duty.

Sun Tzu's five factors of successful military action are 1) the Way, 2) the weather, 3) the terrain, 4) the leadership, and 5) discipline. You should consider how these five factors affect both your side and your opponent.

To win your war, you must utilize strategy, tactics, and propaganda.

These are the Political, Strategic, Operational, and Tactical levels of war.

The War Chiefs shall be selected from the eligible sons of the female families holding the head Lordship titles. 37. There shall be one War Chief for each Nation and their duties shall be to carry messages for their Lords and to take up the arms of war in case of emergency.