Charlie Simms showed me the following write up on him, his brothers and father.
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The article appeared in an Oklahoma “Community Links” Special Edition titled “Hometown Heroes.”
Here’s another photo of Charlie, this time on his Indian motorcycle. We joked with him that the picture’s title should be “Indian on an Indian.” Charlie, who is part Cherokee, readily admits that the primary reason he joined the Navy was because he knew he would never make Chief as long as he stayed around the rest of the Cherokee nation.
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| Charlie 22 Years Old |