Charles Norman Shay, a Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed off the Normandy coast on ...
Charles Norman Shay was believed to be the last of roughly 500 Native American soldiers who came ashore at Normandy, France ...
Charles Shay, the last surviving Native American World War II D-Day veteran, died at his home in France on Wednesday.
Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety.