Only declassified Cherokee code talker ( to date)
George Adair, born at Braggs May 24, 1887, educated in the Cherokee Public Schools.
Henry Ganoe, son of George M. and Catherine (Fields) Adair married Caroline Bunch.
Henry Canoe & Caroline were the parents of George Adair.
George got married at Nowata in 1907 to Edna F., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus McCoy.
George enlisted for the World War on September 19, 1917 and was assigned to the 36th Division, was taken from the firing line in France and placed with other full blood Cherokees in the telephone service, where they foiled the German "listeners in" by repeating, receiving, and transmitting the military orders in the Cherokee language.
Adair, who like all full blood Cherokees, is intensely patriotic and counts this service among the proudest days of his life.
George Adair, born at Braggs May 24, 1887, educated in the Cherokee Public Schools.
Henry Ganoe, son of George M. and Catherine (Fields) Adair married Caroline Bunch.
Henry Canoe & Caroline were the parents of George Adair.
George got married at Nowata in 1907 to Edna F., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus McCoy.
George enlisted for the World War on September 19, 1917 and was assigned to the 36th Division, was taken from the firing line in France and placed with other full blood Cherokees in the telephone service, where they foiled the German "listeners in" by repeating, receiving, and transmitting the military orders in the Cherokee language.
Adair, who like all full blood Cherokees, is intensely patriotic and counts this service among the proudest days of his life.
Only declassified Cherokee code talker ( to date)
George Adair, born at Braggs May 24, 1887, educated in the Cherokee Public Schools.
Henry Ganoe, son of George M. and Catherine (Fields) Adair married Caroline Bunch.
Henry Canoe & Caroline were the parents of George Adair.
George got married at Nowata in 1907 to Edna F., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus McCoy.
George enlisted for the World War on September 19, 1917 and was assigned to the 36th Division, was taken from the firing line in France and placed with other full blood Cherokees in the telephone service, where they foiled the German "listeners in" by repeating, receiving, and transmitting the military orders in the Cherokee language.
Adair, who like all full blood Cherokees, is intensely patriotic and counts this service among the proudest days of his life.
George Adair, born at Braggs May 24, 1887, educated in the Cherokee Public Schools.
Henry Ganoe, son of George M. and Catherine (Fields) Adair married Caroline Bunch.
Henry Canoe & Caroline were the parents of George Adair.
George got married at Nowata in 1907 to Edna F., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus McCoy.
George enlisted for the World War on September 19, 1917 and was assigned to the 36th Division, was taken from the firing line in France and placed with other full blood Cherokees in the telephone service, where they foiled the German "listeners in" by repeating, receiving, and transmitting the military orders in the Cherokee language.
Adair, who like all full blood Cherokees, is intensely patriotic and counts this service among the proudest days of his life.
Inscription
oklahoma / cook 142 inf 36 div / world war I
