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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.
| Date Taken: | 05.08.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 05.08.2013 22:04 |
| Photo ID: | 926637 |
| VIRIN: | 130508-M-AL626-0043 |
| Resolution: | 5274x3600 |
| Size: | 1.57 MB |
| Location: | ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AU |
| Hometown: | HULL, MASSACHUSETTS, US |
| Hometown: | TUBA CITY, ARIZONA, US |
| Web Views: | 61 |
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