Although more than 400 Navajos served in the military during World War II as top-secret code talkers, even those fighting shoulder to shoulder with them were not told of their covert function. And, ...

The United States' Navajo code secured victories at major turning point battles and remained unbroken by the end of World War II. But it wasn't a series of random, encrypted characters — it was a ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II. Before hundreds of men from the Navajo Nation became Code Talkers, Nez ...

The last of the Navajo “Code Talkers,” who helped the United States create a code that thwarted Japanese efforts during World War II, has passed away. Chester Nez of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died ...

NMAIMAI copy Purchased from the NMAI Library Endowment. Summary "As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to ...

ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) - The last of 29 Navajo Americans who developed an unbreakable code that helped Allied forces win World War Two died in New Mexico on Wednesday of kidney failure at the age ...

CODE TALKER: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII, by Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila (Berkley, 320 pages, $26.95) You don t need to be a fan of World War ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Chester Nez is an Author with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2013 Interview. Most appearances with Judith Avila (2). Most common tag: World ...

Chester Nez, the last of the original Navajo Nation Code Talkers who served in World War II, died this week at 93. NBC News' Harry Smith spent time with the oldest member of that heroic group and ...

Eighty years ago, as the sea swayed him from side to side on an attack vessel heading towards Iwo Jima, Thomas Begay started to feel afraid. “On the ship, they said: ‘get your last scrap of steak and ...

Following in her family's footsteps towards a career in service, the great-granddaughter of a Code Talker plans to investigate unsolved crimes on the Navajo Nation.