Aug. 14 is Navajo Code Talkers Day, a date President Ronald Reagan dedicated in 1982 to "all members of the Navaho Nation and to all Native Americans who gave their special talents and their lives so ...

FILE - Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr., of Lukachukai, Ariz., listens as his comrades speak of their WWII experiences Tuesday Aug. 14, 2007, in Window Rock, Ariz. (AP Photo/Donovan Quintero, File) ...

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 ...

Navajo code talkers used their language to devise a code that helped America win WWII. Many Native American children were punished for speaking their native tongues. The code talkers' legacy is an ...

Aug. 14 is National Navajo Code Talker Day, an annual celebration recognizing the Code Talkers who served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific theater during World War II. The designation was ...

When Peter McDonald, Fleming Begaye and Thomas Begay joined the elite fraternity of Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, they had no idea what they were getting into. That was by design. The ...

This is National Navajo Code Talkers Day. They were America's biggest secret weapon in World War II. Outside of the *** bomb, the code talkers simply used their native Navajo language to broadcast ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — John Kinsel Sr., ...

One of the last Navajo World War II Code Talkers has died at the age of 107. John Kinsel Sr. was one of hundreds from the Navajo tribe recruited by the U.S. military in the 1940s to transmit messages ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe’s native language, has died. He was 107. Navajo ...