What did the Navajo Code Talkers do in WWII? The Navajo Code Talkers have long been honored as heroes of World War II, with more than 400 young Navajo men enlisting in the U.S. Marines and creating an ...

FILE - Navajo Code Talker Thomas Begay, left, shakes hands with Ron Enderle, right, a U.S. Marine veteran from the Korean War era, at the Arizona State Navajo Code Talkers Day ceremony, Aug. 14 ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — 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. Navajo ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — 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.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Families of Navajo war veterans who were honoured Monday at the White House say they were dumbfounded that President Donald Trump used the event to take a political jab at a ...

The U.S. Marine Corps began its own program in 1941, primarily recruiting Navajo from the American Southwest. Eventually, more than 400 Navaho code talkers would serve with the marines.

Among those alarmed to hear of the missing Navajo Code Talker webpages was Peter MacDonald, 96. He and Thomas H. Begay are the only two Navajo Code Talkers still living today.

In this Feb. 4, 2011, file photo, Leland Anthony, Arizona Rep. for Indian Health Incorp., left, speaks with Navajo code talker Joe Vandever Sr. during Native American Day at the roundhouse in ...

Navajo Code Talker Thomas Begay, left, shakes hands with Ron Enderle, right, a U.S. Marine veteran from the Korean War era, at the Arizona State Navajo Code Talkers Day ceremony, Sunday, Aug. 14 ...

Chester Nez was one of the original code talkers. He was in his late 80s, when he co-wrote the book, Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation has announced that World War II-era Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown has died at age 96. June 3, 2019 June 3, 2019 1 min read Save ...