Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers
Photographs by Kenji Kawano
During World War II, as the Japanese were breaking American codes as quickly as they could be devised, a small group of Navajo Indian Marines provided their country with its only totally secure cryptogram. Recruited from the vast reaches of the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico, from solitary and traditional lives, the young Navajo men who made up the code talkers were present at some of the Pacific theater's bloodiest battles. They spoke to each other in the Navajo language, relaying vital information between the front lines and headquarters. Their contribution was immeasurable, their bravery unquestionable. 107 pages. Soft cover.
Photographer Kenji Kawano captures seventy five of the surviving Navajo code talkers in this collection of black and white portraits. Also included are black and white archive photos and recollections of the Navajo code talkers.
