Aug. 14 is National Navajo Code Talker Day, an annual celebration recognizing the Code Talkers who served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific theater during World War II. The designation was ...

NOW. OUR DRIVE RUNS THROUGH THE 21ST. AS WE KNOW, NAVAJO CODE TALKERS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE DURING WORLD WAR TWO. AND AS WE CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, SASHA LENNINGER EXPLAINS HOW THEY ...

Eighty years ago, as the sea swayed him from side to side on an attack vessel heading towards Iwo Jima, Thomas Begay started to feel afraid. “On the ship, they said: ‘get your last scrap of steak and ...

PHOENIX — The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans on Wednesday, days after tribes condemned the ...

During World War II, Harvey Jacobs and Mark Jacobs Jr. were sailors serving in the Pacific Theater. Richard Bean served in the South Pacific and Robert “Jeff” David Sr. saw action in the Philippines.