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 ...

Navajo code talkers used their language to devise a code that helped America win WWII. Many Native American children were punished for speaking their native tongues. The code talkers' legacy is an ...

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 ...

During World War II, the challenge was not just getting messages to the front lines. It was doing so quickly and secretly. So the U.S. turned to the Navajo Code Talkers. Researcher Zonnie Gorman, the ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this 2013 photo, Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval talks about his experiences in the military in Cortez, Colorado. (Sam Green/The Cortez Journal via AP) Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining ...