Navajo Code Talkers honored in virtual ceremony

Hundreds of Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allied forces covertly communicate during World War II were honored in a ceremony Friday.

TALKERS WHO SERVED DURINGWORLD WARD TWO.

GOVERNOR DOUGDUCEY -- SHARING A MESSAGE OFPRAISE TODAY.

THE INGINUITY,BRAVERY AND PATRIOTISM OF THENAVAJO CODE TALKERS HELPEDCARRY THE UNITED STATES ANDTHE ALLIED FORCES TO VICTORYIN WORLD WAR 2 AND FOR THAT WEOWE EACH OF THEM A DEBT OFGRATITUDE WE CAN NEVER REPAYTHERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY 4NAVAJO CODE TALKERS STILLALIVE.

NORMALLY -- HUNDREDSGATHER IN WINDOW ROCK TOCELEBRATE.

BUT THIS YEAR --THE CELEBRATION WENT VIRTUAL-- BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.DURING WORLD WAR TWO -- MORETHAN 400 CODE TALKERS SERVED.THEY USED THEIR NATIVELANGUAGE TO DEVELOP ANUNBREAKABLE, ERROR-FREE CODE-- ASSISTING ON EVERY MAJORU.S MARINE OPERATION IN THEPACIFIC.THE TUC