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Original Navajo Code Talker shares his WWII story in Albuquerque
Cpl Chester Nez and eight other Navajo Code Talkers autograph books for visitors in Albuquerque. Nez, 89, one of the last Original 29, recalls enlisting in 1942, helping create a Navajo code used across Pacific battles, and receiving honors in 2001.
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Albuquerque
Marine Corps
Chester Nez
Pacific
Nez
Associated Press
Fort Defiance
Ariz
Allen Dale June
Lloyd Oliver
Guadalcanal
Patrick Weadon
National Cryptologic Museum
Guam
Dale
June
Washington, D.C
John Kerry
Oliver
New York
Longmont
Colo
Veterans Hospital
Wyoming
Arizona
Virginia
Lucille
Yavapai
Camp Verde
U.S
N.M