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Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers remarks during a ceremony with congressional leaders to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Native American code talkers in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2013. Congress awarded the medal to the code talkers as an expression of the nation's profound gratitude for their valor and dedication during World War I and World War II.

CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers remarks during a ceremony with congressional leaders to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Native American code talkers in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2013. Congress awarded the medal to the code talkers as an expression of the nation's profound gratitude for their valor and dedication during World War I and World War II.

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