# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-norman-shay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:02:57.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-norman-shay"
name: "Charles Norman Shay"
slug: "charles-norman-shay"
description: "Charles Norman Shay was an American Penobscot tribal elder, writer and decorated veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. Along with a Bronze Star and Silver Star, Shay was also awarded the Legion of Honour, making him the first Native American in Maine with the distinction of French chevalier. He was instrumental in the re-publishing of an 1893 book by his grandfather, Joseph Nicolar: The Life and Traditions of the Red Man. Shay later wrote an autobiography, Project Omaha Beach: The Life and Military Service of a Penobscot Indian Elder, that detailed his time abroad in the military."
tagline: "American writer and veteran from World War II and the Korean War"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Shay_at_Omaha_Beach.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-06-27"
deathDate: "2025-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.011957333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.charlesnormanshay.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Norman_Shay"
    title: "Charles Norman Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشارلز نورمان شاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Norman Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Norman_Shay"
    title: "Charles Norman Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shay"
    title: "Charles Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Norman_Shay"
    title: "Charles Norman Shay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "چارلس نارمن شی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump