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Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101

Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101

Update: 2025-12-03
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Charles Shay, the last surviving Native American World War II D-Day veteran, died at his home in France on Wednesday. An army medic, he patched up US soldiers under heavy fire in the surf on the beaches of Normandy in 1944. He earned a Silver Star and three Bronze Stars. He was 101.
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Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101

Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101

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