As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It ...
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 ...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Kenji Kawano was hitchhiking on the Navajo Nation when Carl Gorman pulled over to give him a lift. During the drive, Kawano, then 23, explained that he’d arrived in the U.S. two ...
He was among the last surviving members of a group that transmitted a code, crafted from the Navajo language, that U.S. forces used to confuse the Japanese. By Alexandra E. Petri John Kinsel Sr., a ...
A new exhibition will tell the stories of the women who secretly worked for MI5 during World War Two to mark the 85th ...