FROM THE ARCHIVE
Original Code Talker dies
Facebook
Twitter
Email
JUNE 12, 2000 Dooley D Shorty, one of the original Navajo Code Talkers, died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 4. Along with 28 other Navajo men, he served an a Marine Corps Radio Operator during World War II. Shorty trained other Navajo marines during the war, utilizing the Dine language to create a code Japanese cryptographers could not break. On June 8, the Senate unanimously approved Senator Jeff Bingaman's proposal that would award Congressional Gold Medals to the original group and Silver Medals to the ones who followed. The proposal is part of the 20001 Defense Authorization Bill. "We have gone far too long without officially recognizing the Navajo Code Talkers. They served with distinction by performing a unique, highly successful communcations operation that greatly assisted in saving countless lives and in hastening the end of the war in the Pacific," Bingaman said last week. The Code Talkers project was declassified in 1968 and is currently the subject of two screenplays. The Navajo Code Talkers GI Joe was unveiled earlier this year. Servicemen from other Indian nations also served as Code Talkers, including the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Commanche Tribe. Shorty was born June 8, 1911. Relevant Links:
From Hasbro: Navajo Code Talker
Advertisement
Stay Connected
Contact
Search
Trending in News
1 White House Council on Native American Affairs meets quick demise under Donald Trump
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
News Archive
About This Page
You are enjoying stories from the Indianz.Com Archive, a collection dating back to 2000. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age.
All stories are available for publishing via Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)