The Navajo Code Talkers, a group of 29 men, were recruited to create and utilize a code in their Navajo language. They were used in every major battle in the Pacific theatre. Zonnie Gorman tells the importance of remembering their stories. | HISTORY

In 1942, the US Marine Corps recruited 29 members of the Navajo tribe as part of a secret military program to create an unbreakable code language. http://cnn.it/2fKmNxC | CNN

Today on National Navajo Code Talkers Day, we honor the Navajo people whose language became an unbreakable code in WWII. We also remember the many other Native American and Alaska Native Code Talkers — from tribes across the country — whose voices safeguarded lives and shaped history. Think you can crack the Navajo Code Talkers code? 👉 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/sqeO50WCfAe #ICTnews #NavajoNation #NativePride | Indian Country Today