Major Gen. Daniel O’Donohue, commanding general, 1st Marine Division pays respect to Roy Hawthorne, a retired Navajo Code Talker during a tour with the Navajo Nation aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 28, 2015. Navajo Code Talkers were first put into action during World War II in early 1942 to establish an undecipherable code which could be used in combat environments to communicate sensitive information. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/RELEASED)

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