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Honoring the heroes of WWII.
Very Brave Men, They All Were. This Museum is quite small, but we found it to be very interesting. The parking area is quite small, it is shared with the Navajo Interactive Museum and others, so parking may be difficult at times. The Main door to the Code Talkers Museum is on the Left as you enter the Museum Area from the parking area.
We are a non-profit organization building a unique museum honoring the legacy of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. “Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima.”
Navajo Code Talker Museum in Gallup is a short pictorial and descriptive exhibit of the role that Navajo Indians played in WWII in the manner of using their native language to encipher and decipher military information for radio transmission.
Ground has been broken on a new museum honoring Navajo Code Talkers. At age 94, Peter MacDonald is one of three still alive today.
Jan 28, 2024 · Kenji Kawano has been photographing the Navajo code talkers, America's secret weapon during WWII, for 50 years. It all started in 1975 with a chance encounter that would take over his life.
The Navajo Code Talkers exhibit at the Gallup Cultural Center pays tribute to the contributions of Native American troops during World War II, with an impressive collection of memorabilia. The museum also houses an impressive collection of Native American art .
Nov 13, 2020 · Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. This bag by J.T. Willie (Navajo [Diné]) honors the Navajo Code Talkers who served during World War II. Hundreds of American Indians joined the U.S. armed forces and used words from their traditional tribal languages to gain a tactical advantage.
Aug 13, 2018 · These famous code talkers were credited with important roles in the successful Marine campaigns throughout the Pacific arena. Members of the Sioux tribe also served as code talkers in the Pacific Theater.
Nov 1, 2021 · The Navajo Code Talkers – U.S. Marines of Navajo descent who developed and utilized a special code using their indigenous language to transmit sensitive information during World War II – are legendary figures in military and cryptography history.
