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Joseph Oklahombi (Choctaw), right, with John Golombie (Chickasaw) and Czarina Colbert Conlan (Choctaw/Chickasaw) at Oklahombi's home. Near Wright City, Oklahoma, May 12, 1921.
Joseph Oklahombi (Choctaw, 1895–1960) was a code talker in the Choctaw language. He received a Silver Star and the French Croix de Guerre after he and 23 other soldiers captured 171 and killed 79 German soldiers.
Photo by Hopkins. Courtesy Oklahoma Historical Society |