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Throughout the year, CMV will highlight each month with a Congressional Gold Medal awardee.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Fleming Begaye Sr., who served as a Navajo Code Talker during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Keith M. Little, who was one of the only 400 Navajo Marines who served as Code Talkers during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Arthur J. Hubbard Sr., who served as a leader of the Navajo Code Talkers in World War II.

Of the 400 Navajo Code Talkers who served during WWII, only four are still living. Marine Corps Veteran Peter MacDonald is one of them, and continues to share his experience as a Navajo Code Talker.

Native American Code Talkers played a vital role in both World War I and World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran John Kinsel Sr., who served as a Navajo code talker during World War II.

Joe Vandever was drafted into the Marine Corps to serve as a Navajo Code Talker during World War II.

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For National Native American Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Sophie Yazzie, who served during World War II.

The Code Talkers used native languages to send military messages before World War II. Navajo, which was unwritten and known by few outside the tribe, seemed to fit the Corps’ requirements. They took their language and developed a “Type One Code” that assigned a Navajo word to each English letter. In addition to being unbreakable, the new code also reduced the amount of time it took to transmit and receive secret messages.