Chandler's Young Marines attend Code Talkers ceremony
Courtesy of The Young Marines
Each year on Aug. 14, Young Marines from across the country travel to Window Rock to honor World War II heroes known as the Navajo code talkers, along with their families. The East Valley Young Marines from Chandler were among those who participated in the ceremonies. A wreath honoring their service was laid at the Navajo Code Talkers statue.
Courtesy of The Young Marines
Each year on Aug. 14, Young Marines from across the country travel to Window Rock to honor World War II heroes known as the Navajo code talkers, along with their families. The East Valley Young Marines from Chandler were among those who participated in the ceremonies, and were among the group that hiked to the top of this sacred formation in the Navajo Nation this Aug. 14.
Courtesy of The Young Marines
Each year on Aug. 14, Young Marines from across the country travel to Window Rock to honor World War II heroes known as the Navajo code talkers, along with their families. The East Valley Young Marines from Chandler were among those who participated in the ceremonies.
The East Valley Young Marines are a chapter of a national youth development organization located in Chandler. A Chandler group traveled to Window Rock Aug. 14 to honor World War II heroes, the Navajo Code Talkers and their families.
They joined 150 fellow Young Marines from across the country for this honor. Every year on Aug. 14, the Navajo Nation celebrates a group of World War II veterans known as the Navajo Code Talkers.
The code talkers served the U.S. by transmitting top-secret messages across enemy lines using the Navajo language as code. It turned out to be the only code the Japanese couldn’t break during the war.
A wreath honoring their service was laid at the Navajo Code Talkers statue.
The East Valley Young Marines from Chandler were among those who participated in the ceremonies, and were among the group that hiked to the top of a sacred formation in the Navajo Nation this Aug. 14.
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