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These 12 books show the diversity of U.S. veterans, including women on the frontlines, unsung Black soldiers and Navajo code talkers.
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.
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]
The last of the original 29 Navajo code talkers who developed the code, Chester Nez, died on June 4, 2014. [52] Four of the last nine Navajo code talkers used in the military died in 2019: Alfred K. Newman died on January 13, 2019, at the age of 94. [53] On May 10, 2019, Fleming Begaye Sr. died at the age of 97. [54]
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 .
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.
Thomas Claw (February 23, 1922 – May 26, 2009) was an American Navajo Code Talker during World War II. He served with the 1st Marine Division throughout the Pacific theater during the war. Claw was born in Chinle, Arizona , on February 23, 1922.
The Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code during World War 2. Here are some important facts to know about the Code Talkers.