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They are the last two WWII Navajo code talkers. This is their story.

As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It ...
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Diné author writes Navajo Code Talkers book for elementary school readers

Copies of the new book by author Danielle Burbank gives elementary school readers insight into the Navajo Code Talkers. (Courtesy photo) Danielle Burbank collected each and every book on Navajo Code ...
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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 ...
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Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry

PHOENIX (AP) — 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 ...
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Diné author writes Navajo Code Talkers book for elementary school readers

Her research started at home in Crystal, New Mexico, where she wondered what her grandfather experienced as a Navajo Code Talker Danielle Burbank collected each and every book on Navajo Code Talkers ...