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    Navajo Code Talkers Commemoration Ceremony [Image 3 of 14]

    Navajo Code Talkers Commemoration Ceremony

    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES

    09.28.2015

    Photo by Done Jones 

    Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

    Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton hosts a commemoration ceremony for the Navajo Code Talkers at 1st Marine Division Headquarters, Sept. 28. Navajo Code Talkers Roy Hawthorne and Samuel T. Holiday were present to talk about their experiences. Maj. Gen. Daniel D. O'Donohue, Commanding General, 1st Marine Division, gave his remarks and was presented with a Navajo blanket. During World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps, in an effort to find quicker and more secure ways to send and receive code enlisted Navajos as "code talkers." The first 29 Navajo recruits attended boot camp in May 1942. This first group created the Navajo code at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. (Photo by Cpl. Asia J. Sorenson/Released)

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    Date Taken: 09.28.2015
    Date Posted: 09.28.2015 17:47
    Photo ID: 2199355
    VIRIN: 150928-M-AS123-125
    Resolution: 4504x3240
    Size: 2.02 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US

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