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  2. Code talker - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. John Brown Jr. (Navajo code talker) - Wikipedia

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    He was among the original 29 Navajo code talkers who devised the original code. During the war, he served in battles at Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tarawa, and Tinian. [1] Brown trained as a welder and was a master carpenter as well as a cabinetmaker. [1] He served as a member of the Navajo Tribal Council from 1962 to 1982.

  4. Philip Johnston (code talker) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. 80 years later, Navajo Code Talker marks group's early days - AOL

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    It’s been 80 years since the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marines, transmitting messages using a code based on their then-unwritten native language to confound Japanese military ...

  6. One man is preserving the legacy of the code talkers ... - AOL

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    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.

  7. Navajo Code Talkers created an unbreakable code. It helped ...

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    The Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code during World War 2. Here are some important facts to know about the Code Talkers.

  8. Peter MacDonald (Navajo leader) - Wikipedia

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    MacDonald was born in Arizona, U.S. and served the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II as a Navajo Code Talker. He was first elected Navajo Tribal Chairman in 1970. In 1989, MacDonald was removed from office by the Navajo Tribal Council, pending the results of federal criminal investigations headed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. MacDonald was ...

  9. Chester Nez - Wikipedia

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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.