Navajo Code Talker's - Gallup, New Mexico, USA.
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N 35° 31.748 W 108° 44.398
12S E 704912 N 3934073
A sculpture features the departure of the first 29 'Navajo Code Talkers' the larger than life bronze sculpture, stands proudly in front of the Gallup Cultural Center, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMM6B8
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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A 10 feet tall bronze sculpture, shows a U.S.M.C. Code Talker, in full battle dress, talking into a radio. He is one of the famous 'Navajo Code Talkers'

"The story of the famed U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers. Begins with the original pilot group of 29 volunteers, who in 1942 developed and tested the original Navajo Code. Proven fast and accurate, the Marine Corps recruited nearly 400 more Navajos who utilized the code, sending and receiving encrypted messages throughout the Pacific island hopping campaign. The ingenuity of the Navajo Code Talkers baffled Japanese cryptographers and greatly helped in the effort to win the war in the South Pacific. Of the original Code Talkers, about a handful are still living, most in Arizona and New Mexico." Text Source: (visit link)
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War Two.


In Honor Of: Navajo Code Talkers

Marker Text:
Text on Code Talker plaque: 29 Marines prepare to depart during World War II "Navajo Code Talkers Departure May 4, 1942"


Date of dedication: unknown

Who Put it Here?: Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce

Description of Memorial:
A 10 feet tall bronze sculpture, shows a U.S.M.C. Code Talker, in full battle dress, talking into a radio.


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