Theodore Smith

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.