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NAVAJO CODE TALKERS MEMORIAL

NAVAJO CODE TALKERS MEMORIAL
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Location: NAVAJO NATION PARK

City: WINDOW ROCK

State: Arizona

Zip Code: 86515

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: VINNY SARNATORA

Submitted By: VINNY SARNATORA

TO COUNTER THE CLEVERNESS OF THE JAPANESE CRYPTOGRAPHERS, 29 NAVAJO MARINES WERE RECRUITED TO DEVISE A SECRET MILITARY CODE USING THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE.
SEE ALSO-NAVAJO CODE TALKERS MEMORIAL PLAQUES I & II
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