NAVAJO NATION (KRQE) – This week, the Navajo Nation honored a group of Indigenous wartime heroes. Thursday was National Navajo Code Talkers Day, and hundreds gathered in Window Rock, Arizona, to honor the veterans who helped win World War II.
Tribal leaders, U.S. military officials, and community members celebrated the men who turned their language into an unbreakable code. From 1942 to 1945, over 400 Navajo Marines used Dine Bizaad to send more than 800 messages in battle, and those messages helped secure victories, including Iwo Jima.
The event honored two surviving code talkers, Thomas Begay and Peter McDonald. Navajo Nation President Buu Bygren says keeping the Navajo language alive is key to preserving their legacy.
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