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Navajo Code Talkers of World War II
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mainCode.jpg border=1 align=center><br>Image Courtesy of <a href=http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/>Senator Jeff Bingaman's Site</a></center>
Belen NM – The largest, most comprehensive exhibition on the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II will be on display at the Harvey House Museum from March 8 to April 5.<br><br>This exhibit traces the story of the famed United States Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers. It begins with the original pilot group of 29 volunteers who in 1942 developed and tested the original code. Proven fast and accurate, the Marine Corps recruited nearly 400 more Navajos who utilized the code sending and receiving encrypted messages throughout the Pacific island campaign.<br><br>The ingenuity of the Navajo Code Talkers baffled Japanese cryptographers and greatly helped in the effort to win the war in the Pacific.<br><br>The exhibit is a tribute to these men and began originally as an oral history project by Wingate High School students.<br><br>The traveling exhibit displays more than 33 historic photographs with text; facsimiles of original military documents; a circa 1940 map of the Navajo Reservation; and the (now de-classified) Navajo Code itself.<br><br>In addition, a full-length documentary, Navajo Code Talkers by the Arts & Entertainment/History Channel will be shown throughout open gallery hours.<br><br>The exhibit is presented by the Circle of Light Educational Project, a non-profit organization. The Harvey House Museum is one of six museums chosen for the Southest Inaugural Tour. It is sponsored by APS, PNM and the New Mexico Humanities Council.
Navajo Code Talkers of World War II
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mainCode.jpg border=1 align=center><br>Image Courtesy of <a href=http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/>Senator Jeff Bingaman's Site</a></center>
Belen NM – The largest, most comprehensive exhibition on the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II will be on display at the Harvey House Museum from March 8 to April 5.<br><br>This exhibit traces the story of the famed United States Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers. It begins with the original pilot group of 29 volunteers who in 1942 developed and tested the original code. Proven fast and accurate, the Marine Corps recruited nearly 400 more Navajos who utilized the code sending and receiving encrypted messages throughout the Pacific island campaign.<br><br>The ingenuity of the Navajo Code Talkers baffled Japanese cryptographers and greatly helped in the effort to win the war in the Pacific.<br><br>The exhibit is a tribute to these men and began originally as an oral history project by Wingate High School students.<br><br>The traveling exhibit displays more than 33 historic photographs with text; facsimiles of original military documents; a circa 1940 map of the Navajo Reservation; and the (now de-classified) Navajo Code itself.<br><br>In addition, a full-length documentary, Navajo Code Talkers by the Arts & Entertainment/History Channel will be shown throughout open gallery hours.<br><br>The exhibit is presented by the Circle of Light Educational Project, a non-profit organization. The Harvey House Museum is one of six museums chosen for the Southest Inaugural Tour. It is sponsored by APS, PNM and the New Mexico Humanities Council.