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.Warriors exhibit celebra (Haadwrlttea letter from Pte. E.M. Bunbam:) Somewhere in Germany Mar. 5, 1945 Dear Folks: Whn·tl Boy lt'1 swell to get a breather and a r,ra"d night's .,..,,, You'll probably hear about us on the radio, but as luclc would have It, I was sent baclc for a few days to talce out citizenship pap- .,., but I told them I didn't need diem so I'm clear again until they a later. I managed to talce a shower, change my clothes, clean up, SH a mcwie and hear a radio, the first I've heard and done in a hell of a while so that now I don't feel quite as blue as I did just before they called me baclc and I only hope it lasts for a few days long- er ... * * * U~ote • a handmade Happy Blrtbday card addressed .. Mn. &twml'd Bllrabam, RI Oblwekea:) O..rest mother: · You've been everything a son Id ever upecr of a mother. So plea .. accept my little n a tolcen of my love and .verything that may and daft go with it. Binhday 1945 Your son, Love Ted. * * * (Canadian National Telegram ge RA3C40131 from Wabln&· , D.C.) MRS. MINA E. BURNHAM• ROUTE NUMBER ONE OHS· KENONT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SIRES ·ME TO EXPRESS HIS EP REGRET THAT YOUR SON VT BURNHAM ELLWOOD M. ~ KILLED IN ACTION IN GER- NY '9 MAR 45. HE HAD PRE- USL V BEEN REPORTED MISS- G IN ACnON. CONFIRMING JA'll~~E ADJUTANT Private Burnham's purple heart is now in a glass ·case, along with the letter to his folks, the birthday card to his mother and the telegram she received shortly after the card arrived. It's an emotional display, part or the Warriors exhibit which opened on Friday night at the Woodland In- dian CUitural Centre. Rose Simone Emotional as it 'is, Mrs. Burn- ham, who still lives in Oshweken, He was somebody's son. He also donated these treasured memories happened to be an Indian from Ohs- to the museum for more than 8 sen- weken; one of many who served this continent in war. timental ~- "So often those thoughts are As people react the touching let- · lost," said Tom Hill, the museum di· ter, the beautiful card, and the trag- rector at the Woodland Indian Cul- ic telegram, Pte. Burnham becomes tural Centre. more than just another statistic or Few people realize how much In- the Second World War. dian people contributed to the de-