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Generations United

Marine Corps Navajo Code Talker veteran Cpl. Peter Macdonald engages with members of the Young Marines program during the 2024 Navajo Code Talkers Day event in Window Rock, Ariz., Aug. 14, 2024. The annual event honors the service of Navajo Code Talkers who used their language to create an unbreakable military code during World War II.

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