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Navajo Code Talkers: Voices That Saved Lives | Mesa News
In a stunning feat of wartime ingenuity, over 400 Navajo code talkers used their native language—largely unwritten and suppressed in boarding schools—to create an unbreakable military code that turned the tide in the Pacific. Their messages, sent from 1942 to 1945, saved countless Allied lives and became the largest code-talking program in U.S. history. For decades, their heroism remained secret until President Reagan honored them in 1982. Yet, recent setbacks—including Defense Department webpages being removed and later restored—have reignited calls for recognition. A new museum in…
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