VETERAN’S DAY

2014

CHOCTAW CODE TALKERS

WWI

There were 19 men who served in WWI as Choctaw Code Talkers.

Of those 19 there were four from present day Bryan County Oklahoma. They were as follows:

Joseph Oklahombi: born in Bokchito, Oklahoma, and was Oklahoma’s most decorated soldier of WWI

Benjamin Colbert of Durant, Oklahoma; who was the youngest Code Talker. His father served as a Rough Rider under Theodore Roosevelt, during the Spanish-American War.

Charles Walter Veach from Durant, Oklahoma

And last but certainly not least :

Benjamin Wilburn Hampton of Bennington, Oklahoma

The History of Veterans Day

Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.

In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) 

Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, 

That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago 

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie 

In Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw 

The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die 

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Franklin ChoateUnited States Navy

E-3

John R. HaddockPFC World War II

May 30 1922 – Sept 20 1995Grandpa of Shelly Anteau

Larry Haddock Wesley Haddock/David Roy United States Army United States ArmySpecialist 4th Class Specialist 4th Class Vietnam Vietnam

Derek PerryUnited States Marine Corp

SargeantAfghanistan

Bennington Alumni

Lindy WellsNational Guard

Grandpa of Derek and Ryan Perry

Dwayne Tomlinson Michael TomlinsonUnited States Army United States Navy Current Nephew and Brother of

Gracie Fergueson

Duane “Bucky” AnteauUnited States Navy

KoreaFather-in-law of Shelly Anteau

Kent HawkinsUnited States Marine Corp

IraqBennington Alumni

Patrick HawkinsUnited States NavyBennington Alumni

Jerry WylieUnited States Army

KoreaGrandpa of Marissa Grounds

James “Mickey” IngramUnited States Army Reserve

Specialist E6Grandpa of Whitney McGee

Jaron ChristianUnited States Air Force

CurrentGreat Nephew of Gracie Fergueson

James FerguesonUnited States Army PFC World War II

Grandpa of Tonya Daniel

Ustas Howard LarkinsUnited States Army

E7 SargeantVietnam and Desert StormFather of Monica Larkins

Herbert MillsUnited States Air Force

3rd Squad –M60 Machine GunnerVietnam

Grandpa of Charlotte Foster

Angela Huebner HarrisUnited States Army

SpecialistPeace Keeping Mission Bosnia/Kosovo

Aunt of Samantha, Kyle, and James Owens

Harold HuebnerStaff Sargeant

VietnamGrandpa of Samantha, Kyle, and James Owens

Joe KirkUnited States Army

Specialist E-5Korea

Grandpa of Alyssa Matthews, and Zack and Zane Hutchison

Bennington Alumni

Weston MillerUnited States Air Force

AirmanBennington Alumni

Steve RedwineUnited States Army First Sargeant

United States Navy E-5Vietnam/Desert Storm/Shield