GALLUP — Zonnie Gorman remembers the first time she saw an old photo of a group of young, sleek, clean-cut Navajo men — men who would go on to become the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.

The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native ...

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE VERY, VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE. OVER 400 NAVAJO MEN USED THEIR INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE IN WORLD WAR TWO, CREATING AN UNDECIPHERABLE MILITARY CODE. NEVER BROKEN ...

The U.S. Marine Corps initially recruited 29 Navajo men to develop a code based on the unwritten Navajo language in World War II. Using Navajo words for red soil, war chief, clan, braided hair ...

"To dishonor these men, the Navajo Code Talkers, and World War II, and Code Talkers that served in other branches of the service, to dishonor their service to the United States is unconscionable." ...

"To dishonor these men, the Navajo Code Talkers, and World War II, and Code Talkers that served in other branches of the service, to dishonor their service to the United States is unconscionable." ...

During World War II, the Marine Corps recruited Navajo men to help create a code using the Diné language. The code stumped Japanese troops, and the Code Talkers are often credited with helping ...