Thought I would share this, in case it gets buried in the current news cycle. I also have a personal connection, as my wife is Navajo.

Last Of The Navajo Code Talkers Draws Huge Crowd | Wisconsin Public Radio News

He is the last living member of the U.S. Marine Corps 382nd Platoon, comprised of 29 Navajos who developed a secret code the Japaneseicon were never able to decipher.

Code Talkers

"...Hundreds stood in line to meet the code talker. For Patrick Bradley of Wausau, it was personal: Bradley's father John helped raise the flag in the iconic picture of Iwo Jima.

“I just learned a couple of weeks ago that the communication from one of the battleships at Iwo Jima to the main island, directing that a larger, second flag be raised, was given in the Navajo code,” says Bradley..."


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