As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It was an undercover mission that changed U.S. intelligence operations forever.
Eighty years ago, as the sea swayed him from side to side on an attack vessel heading towards Iwo Jima, Thomas Begay started to feel afraid. “On the ship, they said: ‘get your last scrap of steak and ...
Peter MacDonald Sr., 96, said he felt relieved. As one of the two last living Navajo code talkers who sent indecipherable messages that helped the United States win World War II, he had been upset ...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The El Pueblo Motor Inn, or what’s left of it anyway, sits vacant behind a chain-link fence along Route 66, its stucco walls clad in weathered sheets of construction tarp. At first ...
PHOENIX — The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans on Wednesday, days after tribes condemned the ...
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National Navajo Code Talker Day: Remembering the impact Code Talkers had in World War II
Aug. 14 is National Navajo Code Talker Day, an annual celebration recognizing the Code Talkers who served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific theater during World War II. The designation was ...
NOW. OUR DRIVE RUNS THROUGH THE 21ST. AS WE KNOW, NAVAJO CODE TALKERS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE DURING WORLD WAR TWO. AND AS WE CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, SASHA LENNINGER EXPLAINS HOW THEY ...
Air Force veteran and artist Don Scott turns his talent toward painting portrait of former Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Begay of New Mexico Artist Don Scott's portrait of Navajo Code Talker former Marine ...
SEVEN NEWS. THEY PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND NOW ONLY TWO NAVAJO CODE TALKERS ARE STILL ALIVE. AS WE CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. SASHA LENNINGER INTRODUCES US TO ONE ...
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