TagsTagsOnly one veteran Navajo code talker remains of the original 29 Navajo Marines who used their native language to devise an unbreakable code during World War II. Growing up in New Mexico, Chester Nez and many of his fellow Navajo were punished for speaking their language. In the 1920s, Nez ...
Chester Nez, Congressional Gold Medal, Navajo Code Talkers, Veterans Day, World War II