Tommy Prince
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Tommy Prince 🇨🇦

Thomas George Prince (Known as "Tommy Prince")
Brokenhead Ojibwe War Hero, Devil's Brigade Commando, Indigenous Advocate
Born Oct 25, 1915 🇨🇦 Brokenhead Ojibwe Nation (Scanterbury, Manitoba), Canada
Passed Away Nov 25, 1977 Winnipeg (Manitoba), Canada
Lifespan 62 years old
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"All my life I had wanted to do something to help our people, to prove that First Nations soldiers were second to none."

Archival Overview

Celebrated Brokenhead Ojibwe commando and Canada's most decorated Indigenous soldier of World War II and the Korean War, famed for audacious reconnaissance missions with the elite Devil's Brigade.

Biographical Record

A great-grandson of Chief Peguis, Prince volunteered in 1940 and was selected for the First Special Service Force (Devil's Brigade), an elite joint American-Canadian commando unit. In Italy and France, his daring nighttime reconnaissance behind enemy lines and covert artillery spotting earned him the Military Medal and the US Silver Star.

Prince served two tours in the Korean War with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, earning a total of 11 service medals. In civilian life, he fought tirelessly for improved education, economic conditions, and civil rights for First Nations people across Canada.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Brookside Cemetery (Field of Honour)
Winnipeg (Manitoba), Canada
GPS: 49.9147, -97.2275
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