Our American Stories

WWII's Navajo Code Talker, Roy Hawthorne

Host- Lee Habeeb

Hawthorne was 17 when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and became part of a famed group of American Indians who encoded hundreds of messages in the Navajo language to keep America safe from the Japanese during WWII. He served in the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater.

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