Remembering the life, death and legacy of Purple Heart recipient Roderick Shaw
Shaw, Roderick "Rod" Ross Rod, 93, has walked on. Rod was born on the Salt River Pima - Maricopa Indian Community in 1920 to Ross K and Anna Moore Shaw. It was a time when only two dirt roads, Thomas and Indian School, connected the Community to the rest of the world. Rod enlisted in the US Army shortly after graduation from Phoenix Union High School. WWII found Sergeant Chief running a squadron of jungle fighters in the China Burma India Theater where he received two Purple Hearts and the...