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QOTD: Ride onward, hero, into legend
“If I should be killed, I want you to bury me on one of the hills east of the place where my grandparents and brothers and sisters and other relatives are buried.”
“If you have a memorial service, I want the soldiers to go ahead with the American Flag. I want cowboys to follow, all on horseback. I want one of the cowboys to lead one of the wildest of the T over X horses with saddle and bridle on.”
“I will be riding that horse.”
– Private Clarence Spotted Wolf, US Army, 1914-1944
Such were the words of a full-blooded Gros Ventre Indian and American hero, who fell in Luxembourg during WWII. I ran across his story in the Crazy Horse memorial gallery, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. His last request struck me for its blend of Western mythos and patriotism.
After the war, his remains were repatriated, and the funeral was held as he requested:
Published in History
A great post. I knew nothing about him, and I bet I’m not the only one. Despite its somber subject matter, it’s the feel-good about America post for a holiday weekend.
He said he would be there. He was there.
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