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I'm Proud to Have BeenNavajo Code TalkerBy Dean Vil son*Navajo Tribal Judge 1 am proud to have been aNavajo Code Talker.1 am proudest, though, ofhaving boon a United StatesMarineShort 1 v aft. r the a! k lt;:• Pearl li,arbor on I1'' 7 'M Ithe Marine Corps saw fit to reemit Navajo- tn Iran mil a ireceive the Navajo languageso that if the eeemv mb i ■ optt »ed important me mm • sueh a-troop movement s or hipping iformation, thev wouldn't kn-i w I l.f clt; ■: ‘ittIn ;r -\\t r !• ■ M.. ■ r. ■ nf t MI ‘A,- nmoi ^ * ■ ' • ■ jf‘;tw U) \ • J r. ■ • ‘ M : \ t\ ;• n ( lt;.fir 'I * r1 ft't i ill i' t! ' Vi i ‘ ; •duriM; !h i \ m ; 1remembered their laiuMCM• i H h : t v ii' '!: \f * 11. i i n! \ ; ! i rii! i\i u )' n ■ »' •i !'plt; • me; ,■NjTtc; i -1;t maj u Japan. lt;*’\i! !*lt;•’ I r: ’ ' ■ t .I ?V: t ! ■' : ; ’ M ! M *!’:\ »'lt;•«■( ■ : ! kt m e '1t)lai;.au;u '• m*. * m i a \ ■h• nit* • -»cia! it I ■ v- n • •«ti\ ’i( •I ,iT t ’ ift I I' “• - :\\ lt;1 lt;' 1‘ ' ’ !( . I-* ! I A . '! «•:, S iiX : \iaeo; 1 \vimid iust take the timei I Jto be a little more understand-no*1 mI will always remember thlt;wMtime 1 svent in the I S. Marintime I spent in the U.S. Marin-that I am a code talker.1 suppose you could say thatonce vou’re a code talker, you %are always a code talker.’ • ! \ tf v ,rl)‘ ! t‘ \ t'Mi ’r Mii!:'.Mu V ■ ■ i*.vsyrt.■ V.lt;v rcan ’ f!*.i f h * *fpfdinc?V # \ v. 1 I j 1♦ 1 1 i \ . r fL 1 ltd V C Ivll1 11 1 VNavaios*»r *yf hiJUDGE DEAN WILSON ;L ,K fnqthe*i 1Ifr *1L\nci fr I j , i « • | I t # . 4 | j ,and Ted 1■ r-If 1 i'| ] ■ ’- 11 f u n M ! n! I: j m -4 h ArvJNik fMr M?f ne Indians cari jB 5 ■ i «-i * T I Jr i( f j Mi muii rect rtr■ . ■ jrn at the walkie-1 tfinfield conditions'■ r T r * bo I Museum,. irfment of Vet-T r ■: r • t up to givef ) re I -. o their
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Gallup Independent
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jul 16, 1971
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