On December 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. When the United States entered World War II, the American Indian nation responded with celerity. For centuries, American Indians have fought side by side with Americans, and sacrificed a great deal to protect their country when it was being threatened. The American Indians put aside their differences with the United States, and fulfilled their tribal instinct to …showed first 75 words of 794 total…

…showed last 75 words of 794 total…the code talkers (O' Neill 243). For centuries American Indians have fought heroically beside the United States, and generously donated their money to help when they could not fight. "No group that participated in World War II made a greater per capita contribution, and no group was changed more by the war" (Morgan 1). Although it was years before the American Indians received the recognition they deserved, their contributions to World War II will never be forgotten.