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"We were a war-faring people. Naturally, I thought about the famous warriors when I went to Germany. I had a legacy to live up to."Joe Medicine Crow was born in 1913 on the Crow Reservation in Montana. His maternal grandfather had been a scout for General Custer prior to the Battle of Little Bighorn and raised the boy in the ancient warrior tradition of his people. He spent his youth training in the frigid Montana winter to withstand the extreme cold while also becoming an expert tracker, marksman, and horse rider by the time he was just a teenager. So when Joe Medicine Crow joined the U.S. Army in 1943 to fight the Nazis in Europe, he was more than ready.Soon, he earned his title as the last Crow war chief by accomplishing the four necessary feats of valor in battle: touch a living enemy, take an enemy's weapon, lead a successful war party, and steal an enemy's horse. To complete the final test, he stole a whopping 50 horses right out from under the Nazis' noses all at once — while singing a traditional Crow praise song as he rode off.Learn the epic full story of Joe Medicine Crow: https://bit.ly/43V0E6x