Copies of the new book by author Danielle Burbank gives elementary school readers insight into the Navajo Code Talkers. (Courtesy photo) Danielle Burbank collected each and every book on Navajo Code ...

In this book cover image released by Berkley, "Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII" by Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila, is shown.

CODE TALKER: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII, by Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila (Berkley, 320 pages, $26.95) You don t need to be a fan of World War ...

When Peter McDonald, Fleming Begaye and Thomas Begay joined the elite fraternity of Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, they had no idea what they were getting into. That was by design. The ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Kenji Kawano was hitchhiking on the Navajo Nation when Carl Gorman pulled over to give him a lift. During the drive, Kawano, then 23, explained that he’d arrived in the U.S. two ...

Navajo code talker John Kinsel, Sr. celebrated a major milestone earlier this year — his 106th birthday. Who were the World War II Navajo Code Talkers? During World War II, the U.S. Marines selected a ...

Aug. 14 is National Navajo Code Talker Day, an annual celebration recognizing the Code Talkers who served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific theater during World War II. The designation was ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Wednesday marks National Navajo Code Talkers Day, which pays homage to those who played a key role in American history. Code talkers took part in every Marine assault in the ...

Her research started at home in Crystal, New Mexico, where she wondered what her grandfather experienced as a Navajo Code Talker Danielle Burbank collected each and every book on Navajo Code Talkers ...

Kenji Kawano was hitchhiking on the Navajo Nation when Carl Gorman pulled over to give him a lift. During the drive, Kawano, then 23, explained that he'd arrived in the U.S. two years earlier with ...