Aug. 14 is Navajo Code Talkers Day, a date President Ronald Reagan dedicated in 1982 to "all members of the Navaho Nation and to all Native Americans who gave their special talents and their lives so ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Peter McDonald, Fleming Begaye and Thomas Begay joined the elite fraternity of Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, they had no idea what they were getting into. That was by design. The ...

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 ...

National Navajo Code Talkers Day is today, Aug. 14. President Ronald Reagan established the holiday in 1982 to honor the contributions of Native Americans in the United States armed forces. The Navajo ...

National Navajo Code Talkers Day is celebrated on Aug. 14, the day World War II ended in 1945. The day is not only to commemorate the contributions of Native American code talkers, but also Alaska ...

One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers in the United States, Samuel Sandoval, has died. He was 98. During World War II, Sandoval was a Navajo Code Talker who transmitted messages using his ...

The story of the Navajo Code Talkers, who played a vital role in US victories during World War II by using their native language to send coded messages, will be memorialized in Arizona with a new ...

Samuel Sandoval, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers who served during World War II, died Friday, according to a release from the Navajo Nation. During the war, Sandoval was one of hundreds ...

TAMA, Iowa (AP) -- Soft-spoken Frank Sanache relaxes on the back porch of his home at the end of Battleground Drive, remembering how he and seven other young Meskwaki men used their language against ...