THEODORE SMITH, SR.
Yavapai Apache
45th Infantry Division, 180th Infantry, Company I, Combat
Infantry Badge, Silver Star, Bronze Star (2), Purple Heart,
Battle Stars (6).
Born, Yavapai Indian reservation, Camp Verde, Arizona.
Attended Bacone Indian University. Ted lost a brother and three
cousins in WW II. After WW II he finished college on the GI bill
and majored in Business and Economics and returned to Camp Verde
where he served as tribal chairman for 20 years. Presently he is
a tribal council member, in charge of teaching cultural
activities to the young tribal members. As a final note, Ted has
vowed that he will go back to Bacone every year to honor the
classmates and friends that didn't come back from the war.