First 29 Navajo soldiers to serve as Code Talkers during World War II being sworn into the Marine Corps at Fort Wingate, New Mexico on May 4, 1942.
The original 29 Navajo Code-Talkers were: Charlie Sosie Begay, Roy Begay, Samuel H. Begay, John Ashi Benally, Wilsie Bitsie, Cosey Stanley Brown, John Brown Jr., John Chee, Benjamin Cleveland, Eugene Crawford, David Curley, Lowell Damon, George Dennison, James Dixon, William McCabe, Carl Gorman, Oscar Ilthma, Allen June, Alfred Leonard, James Manuelito Sr., Chester Nez, Jack Nez, Lloyd Oliver, Frank Pete, Balmer Slowtalker, Nelson Thompson, Harry Tsosie, John Willfe Jr. and Yazzie William.
Size: 3600px × 2400px
Location: Fort Wingate, New Mexico, USA.
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