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On July 26, 2001, Nez was one of the five living code talkers who received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush: Today, we marked a moment of shared history and shared victory. We recall a story that all Americans can celebrate and every American should know. It is a story of ancient people called to serve in a modern war.
Dale, along with the other original nine Navajo code talkers, received the Congressional Gold Medal on December 21, 2000. [2] In recent years, residents of Longmont, Colorado, raised money to buy June and his third wife, Virginia June, a home when they learned the couple had no permanent place to live.
Lloyd Oliver (April 23, 1923 – March 16, 2011) was an American veteran of the United States Marine Corps and one of the original 29 members of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, [1] and the brother of fellow Code Talker Willard Varnell Oliver. [2] Oliver served from 1942 to 1945, eventually attaining the rank of corporal. [3]
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The act recognized every Native American code talker who served in the United States military during WWI or WWII (except the already-awarded Navajo) with a Congressional Gold Medal. The act was designed to be distinct for each tribe, with silver duplicates awarded to the individual code talkers or their next-of-kin. [82]
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