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United States senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell, dressed in ceremonial Northern Cheyenne regalia, and Daniel K. Inouye, a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, stand with members of the Vietnam Era Veterans Inter-Tribal Association during the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC, September 28, 1999.
Campbell (Northern Cheyenne, b. 1933), a Korean War veteran, is one of the few American Indians to ever serve in the U.S. Congress.
For his actions during World War II, Inouye (1924–2012) received the Distinguished Service Cross (later upgraded to the Medal of Honor), Bronze Star Medal, two Purple Hearts, and 12 other medals and citations. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |