Yesterday, the 14th, was National Navajo Code Talker's Day. It is very notable where I live. As famous as the Navajo Code Talkers of the USMC are, few people know that Cherokee and Choctaw served as code talkers for the Army in WW I, many years before the Navajo program came about in WW II.
There are just 3 Marine Code Talkers still alive. One of them, Thomas Begay, spoke at a ceremony yesterday. He served in the pacific, saw both of the flags raise on Iwo Jima, and on discharge from the Marines enlisted in the Army as a paratrooper and Glider borne trooper in combat with the 7th Infantry in Korea.
Native Americans serve in the armed forced at a rate five times the national average, higher per capita of any population and any demographic in United States.
There are just 3 Marine Code Talkers still alive. One of them, Thomas Begay, spoke at a ceremony yesterday. He served in the pacific, saw both of the flags raise on Iwo Jima, and on discharge from the Marines enlisted in the Army as a paratrooper and Glider borne trooper in combat with the 7th Infantry in Korea.
Native Americans serve in the armed forced at a rate five times the national average, higher per capita of any population and any demographic in United States.