These men were the first of the Navajo Code Talkers. However, according to a Facebook post by the Southern Navajo Nation News, it was on this day, 78 years ago that they swore the oath of enlistment.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe's native language, has died. He was 107.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War ...

Image caption, 3/7: The first group of Code Talkers was dispatched to the Pacific. Two of the group remained in the US to recruit and train other Navajo. Over the course of the war, around 400 ...

President Ronald Reagan designated August 14 National Navajo Code Talkers Day in honor of the American Indians who joined the Marine Corps in World War II and lent their language to the crypto ...

He talks about the contributions of Navajo code talkers in "Windtalkers," starring Nicolas Cage and Mark Ruffalo. He breaks down the tank battles in "Battle of the Bulge," starring Henry Fonda and ...