Navajo code talker shares story behind crucial role in history

The Navajo Code Talkers are an integral part of this nation’s history. 29 Navajo men initially selected by Marine Corps leadership, used their unique and complex native language to formulate a code that remained unbreakable to the enemy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Fighting in almost every major battle, the approximate 400 Code Talkers were able to translate messages in as few as 20 seconds as opposed to the normal 30 minutes with existing code-breaking machines. In 1982, Presiden

The history behind the Navajo Code Talkers

Navajo Code Talkers created an unbreakable code. It helped win World War II

And Then There Were Three: One of the Last Living Navajo Code Talkers Dies at Age 98

One of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers shares his story