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Discover how a Crow Nation warrior transformed the battlefields of World War II into a proving ground for ancient tradition, as Joe Medicine Crow completed the four ritual tasks required to become a War Chief while fighting the Wehrmacht in France. This cultural combat history traces his exploits in 1944, featuring the moment he "touched an enemy" (counting coup) by knocking a German soldier down without killing him, the theft of a machine gun (taking an enemy's weapon), and the legendary raid where he snuck into an SS camp singing a traditional praise song to steal 50 horses. Through his oral history of entering battle wearing war paint beneath his uniform and a sacred eagle feather in his helmet, this narrative reveals how he bridged the gap between the Battle of the Little Bighorn (where his grandfather fought Custer) and the liberation of Europe, ultimately proving that the warrior spirit of the Plains Indians was as lethal to the Nazis as it was to the US Cavalry.