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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 ...
CNN

Just two Navajo Code Talkers remain alive. Here’s what they want America to know

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 ...
The Morning Sun

In Arizona, a fading Route 66 motel hides a story of the Navajo Code Talkers

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 ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Navajo code talker shares story behind crucial role in history

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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Hundreds honor remaining Navajo Code Talkers in Window Rock

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Thursday was National Navajo Code Talkers Day, and hundreds of people traveled to Window Rock, Arizona to honor those who served our country in World War II. “Only two of us are ...