On Aug. 14, 1982, Navajo Code Talkers Day was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan. Although code talkers first started ...

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.

Navajo Code Talkers were a group of Marines in World War II who used their native language to transmit crucial military communications, creating a secret, unbreakable code that was vital to Allied ...

NMAIMAI copy Purchased from the NMAI Library Endowment. Summary "As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to ...

Peter MacDonald Sr. is one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. On the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, he explains what made the ...

GALLUP — Zonnie Gorman remembers the first time she saw an old photo of a group of young, sleek, clean-cut Navajo men — men who would go on to become the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. The ...