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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sent away -- Boarding school -- To be forgotten -- Progress -- High school -- Sneak attack -- Navajos wanted -- New recruits -- Blessingway -- Boot camp -- Code ...
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