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Navajo code talker veteran Thomas Begay with a framed picture commemorating National Navajo Code Talkers Day. The Navajo code talkers received no recognition until 1968 when their operation was declassified. [74] In 1982, the code talkers were given a Certificate of Recognition by US President Ronald Reagan, who also named August 14, 1982 as ...
Kenji Kawano has been photographing the Navajo code talkers, America's secret weapon during WWII, for 50 years. It all started in 1975 with a chance encounter that would take over his life.
The first group of Navajo code talkers arrived at Guadalcanal on September 18, 1942, near Lunga Point. [11] The second group arrived with the 6th Marines on January 4, 1943, and relieved the 1st Marine Division code talkers [12] and then participated in the latter stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal. [13]
The Navajo Code Talkers played a significant role in USMC history. Using their own language they utilized a military code; for example, the Navajo word "turtle" represented a tank. In 1942, Marine staff officers composed several combat simulations and the Navajo translated it and transmitted it in their dialect to another Navajo on the other line.
He enlisted in the Marines in 1942 and became an elite Code Talker, serving with the 9th Marine Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima. President Ronald Reagan established Navajo Code Talkers Day in 1982 and the Aug. 14 holiday honors all the tribes associated with the war effort.
The Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code during World War 2. Here are some important facts to know about the Code Talkers.
Merril L. [1] Sandoval (April 18, 1925 [2] – February 9, 2008) was an American Navajo World War II veteran and a member of the Navajo Code Talkers, [2] a group of United States Marines who transmitted important messages in their native Navajo language in order to stop the Japanese from intercepting sensitive material. [3]
John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe’s native language, has died. He was 107.