Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr. listens as his comrades speak of their WWII experiences on August 14, 2007, in Window Rock, ...

Thomas Begay, a Marine veteran and Navajo Code Talker, was chosen as the grand marshal of the 81st Iwo Jima Flag Raising ...

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 ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (Gray News) — The Navajo Nation is mourning the loss of one of their own, one of the last Navajo Code Talkers whose contributions were pivotal in World War II. KPHO reported that ...

FILE - Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr., of Lukachukai, Ariz., listens as his comrades speak of their WWII experiences Tuesday Aug. 14, 2007, in Window Rock, Ariz ...

FILE - Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr., of Lukachukai, Ariz., listens as his comrades speak of their WWII experiences Tuesday Aug. 14, 2007, in Window Rock, Ariz. (AP Photo/Donovan Quintero, File) ...