The United States' Navajo code secured victories at major turning point battles and remained unbroken by the end of World War II. But it wasn't a series of random, encrypted characters — it was a ...
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 ...
GALLUP — Zonnie Gorman remembers the first time she saw an old photo of a group of young, sleek, clean-cut Navajo men — men who would go on to become the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. The ...
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.
The Defense Department and the Army removed references to the Navajo Code Talkers, citing President Donald Trump's new policies on diversity, equity and inclusion. The daughter of one Code Talker ...
John Kinsel Sr., one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II using the Navajo language, has died at the age of 107. Navajo Nation officials in Window ...