Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas H. Begay was just 16 in 1943 when he persuaded his mother to put her thumbprint on his application to join the U.S. Marines ...

Roy Hawthorne, 89, served as a Navajo code talker with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945. He effortlessly recalls how they came up with codes to trick the Japanese. (Nov. 11) ...

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 ...

As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It was an undercover mission that changed U.S. intelligence operations forever.

PHOENIX — All eyes were on Navajo Code Talker Thomas H. Begay. The 101-year-old veteran saluted while the national anthem played on Friday, kicking off a day of recognition honoring him and the other ...

NOW. OUR DRIVE RUNS THROUGH THE 21ST. AS WE KNOW, NAVAJO CODE TALKERS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE DURING WORLD WAR TWO. AND AS WE CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, SASHA LENNINGER EXPLAINS HOW THEY ...

Thomas H. Begay was just 16 in 1943 when he persuaded his mother to put her thumbprint on his application to join the U.S. Marines. Two years later, Begay was relaying vital communications on the ...

Navajo Code Talkers used their native language to create unbreakable codes that were critical to Allied victory in World War II. The Code Talkers relayed vital, error-free intelligence during every ...