Fleming Beday News Today

Essentially, to use navajo language as a code. marine corps recruited 29 young navajos. not telling them what they are being recruited for because this was a top secret operation. they were just asked, do you want to join the marines? you want to fight the enemy? come join the marines. so they volunteered. >> peter mcdonald was one of the navajo marines. with him at the white house is fleming beday, the oldest veteran of world war ii and wounded in the battle in fact pacific and spent a year in ...

Navajo marines. with him at the white house is fleming beday, the oldest veteran of world war ii and wounded in the battle in fact pacific and spent a year in a naval hospital. also at the white house, thomas begay in the battle of i wo ji ma and reenlisted in the army in korean war and saw combat there. they were the three members of the navajo code talkers who were at the white house today. peter mcdonald told the story of the first battle that used navajo code talkers for radio communication ...