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    Code talker’s grandson shares Navajo roots [Image 4 of 4]

    Code talker’s grandson shares Navajo roots

    ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NT, AUSTRALIA

    05.08.2013

    Photo by Sgt. Sarah Fiocco 

    Marine Rotational Force - Darwin

    Lance Cpl. Tyler Slim, rifleman and radio operator, 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and a Tuba City, Ariz., native, calls in a radio check, here, May 8. Slim’s grandfather, or Cheii, Navajo for grandfather, served as a code talker in the Marine Corps, a group of Native-American Marines who used the Navajo language to transmit secret tactical information using radios during war time. Hearing Cheii’s stories of his time in the Corps played a part in Slim’s decision to enlist.

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    Date Taken: 05.08.2013
    Date Posted: 05.08.2013 22:04
    Photo ID: 926638
    VIRIN: 130508-M-AL626-0052
    Resolution: 3744x5616
    Size: 2.13 MB
    Location: ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NT, AU
    Hometown: HULL, MA, US
    Hometown: TUBA CITY, AZ, US

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