Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr. listens as his comrades speak of their WWII experiences on August 14, 2007, in Window Rock, Arizona. John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers ...
In 1942, 29 Navajo men joined the U.S. Marines and developed an unbreakable code that would be used across the Pacific during World War II. They were the Navajo Code Talkers. The Navajo Code Talkers ...
For nearly 50 years, Kenji Kawano has been photographing the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II throughout America's southwest. "It became my life's work," Kawano said. It's a lifelong project that ...
Navajo code talker John Kinsel, Sr. celebrated a major milestone earlier this year — his 106th birthday. Who were the World War II Navajo Code Talkers? During World War II, the U.S. Marines selected a ...
Navajo Code Talkers Day was established in 1982 through a presidential proclamation by President Ronald Reagan and it's noted each Aug. 14. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation in 2020 to make ...
The Defense Department and the Army removed references to the Navajo Code Talkers, citing President Donald Trump's new policies on diversity, equity and inclusion. The daughter of one Code Talker ...
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 Nation officials in ...