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Navajo Code Talkers’ WWII Legacy To Be Immortalized In New Museum
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we're looking at a rocky Bluff near the area of the Navajo call the center of the world how important is it for you to get that museum built up there very important not just to me but to the 400 plus who serve were certified as Navajo Co talkers there's three of us still alive we want to see that museum put up before we are gone Navajo code talkers young marine volunteers whose language was invaluable to the core in World War II each division had at least 80 Navajo Co talkers that enemy would not understand will never understand what in the world is being planned among them 94-year-old Peter McDonald who lied about his age and enlisted at 15 in the thick of the action on island assault after Island assault the Nava code talkers radioed back critical information in their native tongue we never knew there was such a thing as tanks or Battleship Cruisers Destroyer aircraft carrier so we named those differently than any other thing like a battleship lots of big fish big fish aircraft carrier one that carry birds around this looks like you in uniform in your Marine Corps uniform right ingenious the code unbreakable but was at first rejected by Marine top brass comant also said we don't know NE who we don't know who they are they may now qualify for to be to be a marine and we don't want anyone where now stays Marine Corps uniform that might embarrass this proud organization so forget it but after a test he said we don't understand it either but it works send us some more navajos navajos who' been forced to attend strict boarding schools whose purpose was to strip them of their Heritage their Spirit you went to Indian school when you were small and did they punish you for speaking your language absolutely I went to Shiprock boarding school run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs I was 9 years old when I was put in boarding school and uh as soon as we enter the gate they tell us in this compound it's a fon boarding school you just talk English you don't speak Navajo if you speak Navajo you get punish the code talker success a cruel Paradox Peter's daughter charity it's very moving because it has a lot to do with the culture what they fought with was our culture what they fought with was our language the lore their stories passed from generation to generation a tradition still unbroken to understand who we are why how we have our freedom Liberty and peace that we all enjoy that's the future unbroken unbroken code unbroken future for the most part their story was not told for many many years so it's such a relief you know to know that the legacy is going to live on this is going to be the uh the gateway to the nav Koto Museum ran Hawthorne's father the late Roy Hawthorne senior was also a code talker now this Hero's son is doing everything he can to make the museum a reality his chapter might be closed but taking up that mantle and not just me but others Our Generation The Descendants the sons the daughters it's incumbent upon us to tell the story if we our generation let this opportunity slip by without building that Monument that Museum that storytelling institution then it'll be gone last week the museum officially broke ground with ceremony song and golden shovels the Navajo have collected a tiny fraction of the Museum's projected costs but Mr McDonald says it is important to keep the remarkable story alive for the Navajo Nation and for the rest of us you know America is a diverse Community we are made of all different nationality different language different skills different talents when it comes to saving America saving the liberty and peace that we enjoy we need to use all those talents that we all possess Harry Smith NBC News SE Bonito New Mexico thanks for watching our YouTube channel follow today's top stories and breaking news by downloading the NBC News app
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