Service and Sacrifice: How Haudenosaunee Veterans View Memorial Day

This photo gallery is part of a limited series centering on the voices of Haudenosaunee veterans who reflect on this solemn day in honor of fallen soldiers throughout Indian Country.

Carson Waterman sketches Vietnamese locals as a combat artist for the U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry Division. Photo courtesy of Carson Waterman
Carson Waterman, 23, was drafted to the U.S. Army a few days before graduating from art school. Photo courtesy of Carson Waterman
Carson Waterman and his fellow Army squadmates in Vietnam. Photo courtesy of Carson Waterman
Philip George wears the Gasdó•wä•’ headdress at a ceremony. Photo courtesy of Philip George
Philip George sitting on a Stryker armored vehicle. Photo courtesy of Philip George
Philip George pictured with his infantry unit alongside Afghan Army soldiers. Photo courtesy of Philip George
Philip George was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 for 14 months between two tours. Photo courtesy of Philip George
Suzanne Hill in her U.S. Marine uniform in 1986. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Hill.
Suzanne Hill’s running group. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Hill
Sgt. Albert Tarbell, 82nd Airborne U.S. Army, in a World War II portrait. Painted by Oren Lyons in 1956.
Mike Tarbell, in a picture taken in the mid-1970s. He did 3 tours in Vietnam. He was in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne.
Albert Tarbell, at center, taken in 1984. At right is Theo Smolders, who met Albert during World War II as a child in the Netherlands. At left is Major General J. Farr.
Suzanne Hill during a flag-raising ceremony at the National Veterans Resource Center. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Brinn | Syracuse University
Suzanne Hill at the flag-raising ceremony. Photo courtesy of Steve Sartori | Syracuse University
Suzanne Hill with her U.S. Marines uniform, at her home in Manlius. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current.
Mike Tarbell with a portrait of himself taken in the mid-1970s. He was in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne. He did three tours in the Vietnam War. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current.
Mike Tarbell at the Iroquois Museum in Cobleskill, N.Y. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
Mike Tarbell with a painting of his father, Albert Tarbell, painted by Oren Lyons in 1956. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
Mike Tarbell at the Iroquois Museum in Cobleskill, N.Y. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
A sketching from Carson Waterman reveals an Army soldier speaking on a field telephone in Vietnam. Photo courtesy of 35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association
Carson Waterman showcases his “survival artwork” by painting a Haudenosaunee trooper, helicopter and Hiawatha Belt amid the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Photo courtesy of Carson Waterman
A drawing by Carson Waterman depicts a U.S. soldier kneeling beside a Vietnamese child. Photo courtesy of 35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association
Carson Waterman caricatures the nickname of his unit: U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry Division, the “Famous Fighting Fourth.” Photo courtesy of 35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association
Carson Waterman outlines a group of Huey helicopters hovering overhead. Photo courtesy of 35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association
Carson Waterman illustrates infantry troops marching through the dark jungles of Vietnam. Photo courtesy of 35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association
Poster art by artist Carson Waterman, Vietnam War veteran.
A poster honoring minority World War II veterans PFC Charlie Lathem, at left, and Albert Tarbell, hangs in the Oncenter in Syracuse. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
Albert Tarbell’s Eisenhower Jacket, given to him in 1945. He is pictured at lower left. The display is in the War Memorial in Syracuse, N.Y. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
Albert Tarbell’s name on the Wall of Honor for minority veterans. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
The Thomas Indian School campus spanned 15 acres of Cattaraugus Territory on the Seneca Nation. Photo courtesy of New York State Archives
The Carlisle Indian School was transferred to the War Department once that institution closed immediately after the war ended in 1918.
Photo courtesy of the National Archives
Colonel Richard Henry Pratt on horseback, founder and superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
Oliver Hill Sr., Suzanne’s grandfather, in his lacrosse uniform, likely in the 1940s or ’50s. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Hill.
Sid Hill speaking at a flag-raising event at the National Veterans Resource Center in Syracuse. Photo courtesy of Steve Sartori | Syracuse University
Sam Babcock with Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud and Dr. Ruth Chen. Photo courtesy of Steve Sartori | Syracuse University
The National Veterans Resource Center. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Brinn | Syracuse University
The National Native American Veterans Memorial. Photo by Gabriel Pietrorazio | Central Current
The National Native American Veterans Memorial. Photo by Gabriel Pietrorazio | Central Current
Members of Iroquois Post #1587, located at the Cattaraugus Territory on the Seneca Nation, marched along the National Mall on Veterans Day
in November. Photo by Gabriel Pietrorazio | Central Current
Albert Tarbell’s U.S.Congressional medal for being one of the Mohawk Code Talkers, given in 2012. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
Albert Tarbell’s U.S. Congressional medal for being one of the Mohawk Code Talkers, given in 2012. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
The Wall of Honor, the Onondaga County World War ll Minority Veterans Monument at the Oncenter in Syracuse.
Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current

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