Tommy Prince
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Tommy Prince
Tommy Prince was born on October 25, 1915 in petersfield, Manitoba. He is son of Henry and Arabella Prince. Tommy married Verna Sinclair and together had five children.
Growing up Tommy became a superb marksman with exceptional tracking skills, learned from days of hunting in the wilderness around his Indian reserve. He attended Elkhorn residential school, completing grade eight. After leaving school he became a lumberjack. When he came back from the war he lost his business and re-entered into the army and injured his knee. Tommy entered the army on June 3, 1940; in 1942 he was posted to the 1st Special Service Force an elite group of 1600 men (both Canadian and American) task force. As part of this group he ran a communications wire 1400m into enemy territory to help Allies destroy German tanks. Also he walked 70km through rugged terrain to find a German camp when he found it him and his brigade captured over 1000 soldiers. In 1946 Tommy was elected chairman of the Manitoba Indian Association. When came back from the war he was not treated like other veterans because of his race.
Tommy Prince demonstrated heroism when he had to run a communications wire 1400m into enemy territory and then had to fix it in front of enemy troops, he also ran 70km through rugged terrain to capture 1000 soldiers. Two other reasons are after fighting in WW2 for 5 years he returned home for another 5 years he reentered the war. The last act of heroism is in 1955 when back home he saved a man from drowning at the Alexander Docks in Winnipeg.
Tommy Prince died on November 25, 1977 at Deer Lodge Hospital. After his last years of his life being alone from alcoholism.
Tommy Prince was born on October 25, 1915 in petersfield, Manitoba. He is son of Henry and Arabella Prince. Tommy married Verna Sinclair and together had five children.
Growing up Tommy became a superb marksman with exceptional tracking skills, learned from days of hunting in the wilderness around his Indian reserve. He attended Elkhorn residential school, completing grade eight. After leaving school he became a lumberjack. When he came back from the war he lost his business and re-entered into the army and injured his knee. Tommy entered the army on June 3, 1940; in 1942 he was posted to the 1st Special Service Force an elite group of 1600 men (both Canadian and American) task force. As part of this group he ran a communications wire 1400m into enemy territory to help Allies destroy German tanks. Also he walked 70km through rugged terrain to find a German camp when he found it him and his brigade captured over 1000 soldiers. In 1946 Tommy was elected chairman of the Manitoba Indian Association. When came back from the war he was not treated like other veterans because of his race.
Tommy Prince demonstrated heroism when he had to run a communications wire 1400m into enemy territory and then had to fix it in front of enemy troops, he also ran 70km through rugged terrain to capture 1000 soldiers. Two other reasons are after fighting in WW2 for 5 years he returned home for another 5 years he reentered the war. The last act of heroism is in 1955 when back home he saved a man from drowning at the Alexander Docks in Winnipeg.
Tommy Prince died on November 25, 1977 at Deer Lodge Hospital. After his last years of his life being alone from alcoholism.