Peter MacDonald Sr., president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association and the Navajo Code Talkers Foundation, honors the playing of the National Anthem by Marine Corps Band San Diego during a Marine Week Phoenix reception dinner at the Heard Museum of American Indian Art and History in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2015. The evening with Marines, veterans, and Phoenix leaders highlighted events happening throughout Marine Week Phoenix Sept. 10-13, and commemorated the Navajo Code Talkers distinguished history. MacDonald, 86 and a resident of Tuba City, Ariz., is one of 19 remaining Navajo Code Talkers still alive today. “It was the only military code in modern history never broken by an enemy,” said MacDonald. “As for the 19 of us remaining, it is our responsibility to preserve a Marine Corps legacy, a Navajo legacy, America’s legacy, because what we did, using our language for code to help save thousands of lives, represents what America is all about.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken)
| Date Taken: | 09.08.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 09.09.2015 17:04 |
| Photo ID: | 2165905 |
| VIRIN: | 150908-M-XK427-627 |
| Resolution: | 4265x2843 |
| Size: | 3.67 MB |
| Location: | PHOENIX, AZ, US |
| Hometown: | TUBA CITY, AZ, US |
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