👀 Thomas H. Begay recalls Navajo Code Talker program; Battle of Iwo Jima
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Thomas H. Begay didn’t want to be a radio operator. In fact, up until he graduated from bootcamp, he thought he was going to become an aerial gunner for the Marine Corps during World War II.
“They sent me to a confidential area,” he said. “I walked in and there’s a whole bunch of Navajo.”
His previous MOS didn’t matter, Begay would attend code talking school.
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The Navajo language had become the basis of a new code, and they would all train to become code talkers. It was hard to see it then, but he and his fellow Navajo would help turn the tides of war and save countless lives.
Read more at https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/64650/navajo-code-talkers/
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