Peter MacDonald Sr., Navajo Code Talker, speech at Notre Dame

thank you thank you very much ladies and gentlemen it's real nice to be here this afternoon to share a few stories with you about what the Navajo code talkers were all about during World War two I want to thank your president mr. Jenkins for allowing me to be this fine institution in his United States of America Notre Dame it's a name that I really got stuck with ever since I saw a movie called nuke Rockne back in the 30s I thought what a university and I've also learned the only football team in the world was not retained so I really loved that story about Knute Rockne as well as the Gipper and I also want to thank two gentlemen that have been very very helpful through my trip up through this country mr. Jerry and Larry they're sitting over here they're both veterans and I appreciate their being helpful including my daughter charity and my son-in-law Keon and my grandson story they all have been very helpful to make my trip real enjoyable and safe I understand I supposed to speak to some faculty of this fine institution and I look out here so many of you so who I wonder who is teaching to students with all effec Athiya in this room here you know it's so good to see so many interested and what the Navajo code talkers were all about yeah a lot of times you know we don't fully understand to history someone told me that the University of Notre Dame was founded in 1800 on a piece of land don't let donated by some bishop well I wonder who gave the land to their Bishop because before 1400 they were over 600 of Native Americans living for thousands of years on the very ground that we're sitting here today perhaps Potawatomi and many others remind me of a story that I want to tell you after elected chairman of the Navajo Nation in 1971 the first big telephone call I got was from NASA from Houston they wanted to use part of the Navajo Nation landscape to practice their moon mission Apollo 15 moon mission the two Estrin David Scott and Jim Irwin were to come to the Navajo land to practice their moon mission Apollo 15 I asked them why they said well the landscape on your reservation look exactly love where these two astronauts are going to land so if you don't mind we'd like to set up and have them practice so I said fine they came to three 18-wheeler showed up on reservation set up their communication with Houston they even built a landing module as you would on the moon and they had space capsule up there and the two astronauts came out this would be their first trip into that area two or three weeks before scientists geologists combed that into our area identifying all different minerals and things that they saw and the practice was to see how many of those minerals and things that they identified would be recognized by the two astronauts as they would when they land they only have so much time to communicate back to Houston what they really seen and identified so that was the project on today they dress up in their space uniform and a helmet and all I never hold medicine med and elder came up to the scene he was herding sheep nearby he asked me what are these two funny-looking guys do non our reservation I said take onto the moon next month they practice send so he thought about it and and finally said you know we were never hoods were once on two moon on our way to the Sun maybe there's some never or still laugh on the moon if these two guys are going over there I'd like to send a message the astronaut asked me what they were saying I told him he said okay so he's a piece of paper have him write a note and if we run into some Navajos we'll give it to them well I said well he said old man a medicine man he never went to school so he can't write so then they said well here's a tape recorder have him say something into this tape recorder and tell him we're gonna run into some Navajos we played for them so astronauts left to practice medicine man and I out there and I told him you they want you to taste something into this machine the message you want to sent if there are some Navajo still on the moon so he did he sheep that he was grazing move away so he took off astronauts came back and after practice in a while first thing they asked me where's the medicine man I said he left what did he leave a message on the tape I said yes let's play so we turn it on and this is what it said the Tanana Hana Audrey key okay up and again he's your setup go what did he say he said beware of these two fellers they will want to make a treaty with you a real fine message you know at the early part of the war shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor the United States was getting ready to fight back in a Pacific not too long they ran into one big problem the problem was communication they tell us that in any war no matter how far back you go in history the site that has the best communication normally has the advantage in war in our case in the Pacific the enemy had the advantage why because they were breaking every military code that was being used by United States Marines Navy Army and Air Force making it very very difficult to strategize in this huge specific area where it takes days sometimes even weeks to go from point A to point B and the enemy had all that time to break the code and once they break your code they know exactly where you started from what route you take him and where are you going to be what day and what time and they would be ready with their submarine waiting for you to arrive blow up your shipment of supplies equipment even personnel this wasn't good at all this was in the early part of World War two in a Pacific as a matter of fact in January 1942 this particular situation became public knowledge a gentleman by the name of Philip Johnston was working near San Diego California when he learned of this he went over to the United States Marine Corps Marine Corps Base and spoke with communication officers Philip Johnson then suggested to these communication officers why not use never hold language as a code the enemy doesn't know never hold language as a matter of fact maybe only one or two other people outside the Navajo Nation know the Navajo language so it would be safe and secure well we recall communication officer had difficulty understanding what he's talking about so Philip Johnson came out to the Navajo Nation in Arizona took four Navajos down to San Diego to demonstrate what he was talking about in February of 1942 he's four Navajos and Philip Johnston demonstrated what he was talking about they put two Navajo as one end of the building the other two on the other end they gave these two a message in English to send that message and neverhood to code to the other truth they wrote it down they compared to two messages the one day was sent that one day was received they're very much alike but not the same similar but to the marine corps communication officers this has some possibilities mozz well so they asked the commandant of United States Marine Corps in Washington DC permission to try to suggestion made by Philip Johnston of course the comma don t know anything about Navajo Nation or Native Americans so the initial response by the Commandant of renowned States Marine Corps in DC was no don't do that he said we don't know these Indians he said all we know is what we see in the movies when the indc wagon train they yell and holler right around a wagon train shooting arrows this is not that kind of a war so leave it alone the Commandant also said Marine Corps is a very proud organization we know what anyone when United States Marine Corps uniform that might embarrass this proud organization just do the best you can that was the initial response from the Commandant of United States Marine Corps well with that rejection the enemy continued to move our direction real fast taking strategic islands that we need in order to get closer to their homeland islands like Guam Midway wait island so more pressure on the karmadoll we need a code that de me would not break eventually in April of 1942 the Commandant said okay he said also he gotta do it my way as you know he said all military code are top secret so the project you can be undertaken to develop a military code using Navajo language must be top-secret project no one should know that you are working on a military code using Navajo language that's number one number two he also the Commandant also said only recruit 30 young Navajos young never holds that know English very well as well as never hope don't tell them what you're going to do with them just ask them if they want to fight the war in the Pacific and shoot the enemy with rifle not arrows also don't tell them anything about the project it's got to be top secret we don't know whether these Navajo young men can become United States Marines so it's got to be top secret just recruit them just like you do all other Marines process and through boot camp and if they pass boot camp process them through combat training not all other Marines and if they pass combat training process and through Marine Corps communication school at Camp Pendleton near Oceanside California and if they pass Marine Corps communication school love all other Marines who wants to be in marine corps communication unit then rate them and have them go through Marine Corps Navajo communication school that you will set up as a top-secret operation with that authorization marine came out to the Navajo Nation in May of 1942 to recruit 30 young Navajos and suggest the body commandant on the reservation the recruiters start talking to neighborhood kids and they asked him if they wanted ro and Marines fight the war in the Pacific and I'll say yes you want to join United States Marine and wear nice blue uniform like this you know all of that and they all said yes nothing about the code just the fact that do you want to join United States Marine fight the war in the Pacific so they all volunteer say yes they gave them fleming their physical exam one drop out so twenty-nine work then bus down to San Diego Marine Corps Base to go through boot camp just like all other Marines that were going through boot camp at that time well at the end of boot camp they great each platoon gone through boot camp the 2091 Navajos were made into one platoon when there are several other platoons have all gone through boot camp at the end each spittoons are graded it the best one number one next one number two number three number four number five navajo platoon came out number one of all platoons were thrown boot camp this went back to the comet on of course the comet I was elated and very happy and say wonderful now process and through compact training and see what they do same thing these 29 young Navajos went through combat training and they came out all of them either experts or sharpshooter with all the weapons that were being used at that time again the Commandant was all happy processed and through communication school see what they do I can there at Marine Corps communication school that's where they teach us how to use different communication equipment there was any use at that time how to make minor repairs out in the field they also taught us Navy semaphore signals we didn't know what was going on of course we thought this is what everybody goes through to be a Marine they also taught us how to shrink telephone lines from coconut trees to coconut trees also they taught us Morse code Morse code was very much part of United States Marine Corps communication they don't use those anymore Morse code but if you watch it's less be movies a train shows up at this station there's a jerk there with a cab with a green bill he's stepping on something that went like dot did it did it did it did it I did it that's Morse code what they taught us said to so these 29 young Navajos going through the communication school in May of 1942 pass all of that they were then separated from all other Marines put on a bus 29 of them United States Marine Corps Colonel a full-bird colonel now took charge of these 29 young Navajos they bussed them down to east side of San Diego near a place called Camp Elliott - top secret location there was a building about three times the size of this area here and a high fence around their building like a prison there's a gate at the gate there two guards and over the gate there's a big sign that said top-secret operation give up through decade these 29 young Navajos processed by Marine Corps Colonel into a classroom about twice the size of this area here in that classroom were tables with four chairs around those tables in front of his share a writing tablet a pencil there was a blackboard with chalk and eraser colonel then addressed these 29 young Navajos Marines now he said gentlemen have a seat you are Marines now you're ready to go fight the war in the Pacific but before you do that we like for you to do something else first we want you to develop a military code using your language mind you this is the first time they learn that they were recruited to develop a military code use and never own language what a surprise next words coming out of the Colonel's mouth was this is a top-secret project no one knows you're here whatever you do in this classroom is also very top-secret whatever code works you can be developing you write it down on your notepads everything you do in this classroom stays in the classroom at the end of the day before you go back out to cater your barracks we can gather all this work you're dumb put it in a file under lock and key before you go back out that gate every day you're going to be searched from your toes to the top of your head making sure you don't take anything out of this top-secret slice room no one knows you're here we want to keep it that way so when you go back to your barracks don't tell anyone what you are doing here top secret a lot of instruction of what the project is all about most importantly it's a top secret project number two whatever code you can be developing in Navajo language only you would know what those code words represent another Navajo not in this top-secret classroom here you use the code words should have absolutely no idea what in the world you are talking about that's the kind of code we want only you would know not another Navajo who's not in this top-secret classroom should know what those code words represent with a lot of instruction the kernel then said here's a sample military messages sent in comput look at it read it and see how you can send messages like this using the code you can be developing the kernel sat down lit his pipe and said gentlemen go to work I think about that quite a bit if I was one of those 29 back in 1942 what would I be thinking I probably say to the next guy sitting to me hey guy looks like we made a mistake here which I knew Murray's to fight a war in the Pacific who wants this court business and top-secret stuff well now Colquitt Marines you have to repay what the officer says so they gotta start looking at these simple messages they were all written in English language using an English alphabet ABCDEF this presented the first speak problem for these 29 young Navajos why because Navajo is not a regional language therefore we don't have Navajos don't have words for the letters like a b c d e f how the world you're gonna send something you don't even have words for just there sitting there scratching their head said what do we do well one of them went to the blackboard wrote down a big letter A and since only we would know what these navajo code worse represent let's call the letter a balasana balasana in ewa homies apple okay they all agreed that balasana or apple and navajo would represent letter A how about letter B shush shush Navajo means bear how about letter C masa masa he never ho means cat c18 how about letter D P P in Navajo means Steve de AR you see what they were doing they were selecting Navajo words that they were very familiar with easy to remember because they were told everything that they are creating will be subject to memory only they cannot take any notes out into battlefield with them with message codes because if you get shot the enemy's gonna search you and if they find that note that'd be one way they're gonna break your code so you don't take any kind of notes on Tibetan all court were shoot of L abou be subject to memory only so the first thing they did is to create code words for all the letters of the English alphabet torn down the line some words they had difficulty agreeing what to call not the letter J eventually they decided to call the letter J telly choking telly Chokey in Navajo means jackass easy to remember we had louder jackasses on that reservation back in those days we use them to haul water a word - sometimes we write them to Manish all the animals that we were charged with all way down to Z letter Z fish dogfish best Alicia Navajo means ink we have Zeke on Navajo it's part of our ceremonial things that we use so now these 29-year Navajos created code words for all the letters of the English alphabet written down on their tablet memorize every Friday there will be a test they divide the group into two group a and group b group is given him a message containing code words that are developed and must memorize sent that message to group b they write it down in english they compare the two messages the one that was sent there one day was received to see how closely the two messages are beginning to look exactly alike testing our memory of the code words every friday test every day search every day creating code worse all through the month of June 1942 by the end of June 1942 260 code words were developed memorize the kernel then said let's quit here we're gonna have a final test group a group b group is given a long message in english to send that message and never hawk code to group B they wrote it down in English they compared the two messages the one there was send the Wonder was received by Khalid they both look exactly alike with one exception punctuation marks back to the classroom to create code words for punctuation marks a period no problem decision decision in Navajo means a black dot semicolon took a little turn to code word for it but eventually they called semicolon Gusterson but they're not they're tough regime it said not dead in Navajo means a black dot that Norwich tale that would be the code word for semicolon question mark ha-cha-cha in Navajo means ears question well looks like an ear all the punctuation marks you could think of code words were developed memorized back to final test group a group b group is given a law of message containing most all of the code words that were developed sent to group b they wrote it down in english they compared it to by golly he says Ecklie and live punctuation and all as a matter of fact it looks like icy rocks copy of the one that was sent at this juncture the colonel said gentlemen we finish we contest this Cody tutors develop in actual pattern to see how your memory works under enemy fire so 13 of their 29 young Navajos in the middle of july 1942 were sent overseas to join the first Marine Division first Marine Division was in Australia getting ready to go on the first offensive movement in the Pacific August 7 1942 77 years ago so if you're not 77 years old you have not been born yet then but you're older than 72 well you know what I'm talking about anyway August 7 1942 first Marine Division landed on the beaches of Guadalcanal with 13 Navajo code talkers to test a code that had - had just developed under enemy fire and see how it works three weeks after the landing on Eire Guadalcanal general Vandergriff commander of the 1st Marine Division who had just landed on the beaches of Guadalcanal sent work back to United States saying this Navajo code is terrific he said the enemy never understood it we don't understand it either he said but it works send us some more Navajos that got back to the commandant commandant of course was very elated and ordered San Diego Marine Corps Base to take charge of this new military code developed by 29 young Navajos 260 code words that's how the coat was developed I was tested on the Battle of Guadalcanal the first landing in the Pacific after that navajo code became official United States military code to be used in every landing for all top secret confidential messages messages you don't want the enemy to know went through Navajo communication network every landing marine and Navy steps is to communication network never whole communication network for all top secret confidential messages messages you don't want the enemy to know we're through Navajo Network the second communication network was English for all other messages messaging you don't care if the enemy breaks the code or understand what you're talking about went through English Network these two communication network were used every landing in the Pacific after Guadalcanal Bougainville after Buchan Vale kept cluster after that New Britain Tarawa makin Tarawa Kawachi Ellen Tinian Guam hung Kwong after Guam Peleliu a real bad Island after Peleliu he wa SEMA another apparent one after evil okinawa after okinawa some of us ended up in north china 1st marine division and six marine division were sent into north china because the japanese the close to a million soldiers and Manchuria didn't want to surrender so they sent us in there to get them to surrender even though the emperor had surrendered peace treaty was son on a battleship Missouri in September the Japanese in North China still fighting so we went up there got them to surrender eventually October 25 1945 we had a separate peace treaty ceremony with them as Tsingtao china that's sort of a brief history or what never hope code talkers were all about Naga said it was used in every landing and every landing these two communication network Navajo and English worked side by side everywhere the front line Beach command posts inside the command ship usually command ship is a battleship where the general evren's are to wrecking their landing operation inside the communication room of that battleship to communication network insight there around one table sitting about five of us never Hall code talkers Navy assigns us runners to stand behind each one of us 24 hours a day until the island is secured another table right next to us around a table sits blond-haired blue-eyed guys they are in charge of the English Network Navajo an English network together everywhere on most of the ships that are being used in Delaney Navajo an English network in those ships battleships cruisers destroyers even submarine had these two communication network aircraft carrier Marine Air Wing marine tank units marine artillery and all have these two communication network so after the first fire is shot on the island communication starts going everywhere Navajo as well as English when they stopped coming in those of us who are assigned to the command ship around their table when we get a message coming in in Navajo we'd write it down in English hand it over our shoulder to the runner de standing behind us he takes it up to the bridge gives it to the general or the Emerald they read the message they respond a runner brings it back down on top of that message it says Arizona New Mexico we send it back out in Navajo code wherever it is intended if it doesn't have New Mexico Arizona it goes to the next table the blonde hair blue-eyed guy sent a message in English these two network working 24 hours a day until the island is secured every location the beach command posts have about five or six Navajo code talkers regimental units for telling all hair Navajo and English network with them to provide the communication hard as he sound well let's go to Iwo Jima most people familiar with the landing on the ur3 Marine Division landed on Iwo 3rd 4th and 5th February 1945 third Marine Division down on the south end master appachan fourth down the middle and the fifth on the north side there are some little Hills on the north side a company of Marines on the north side was in deep trouble they were being fired upon from three different directions mortar shells were being drop on them they were desperately hunkering down in their foxhole company commanders scribbled a note a message asking for help gave it to Navajo code talker assigned to that unit for frontline he then said that message to Beach command post asking for help and haven't recited for you that message that was sent on Iwo a copy of that is the Marine Corps Archives in Washington DC if you ever go to Washington DC go to Marine Corps archives and look for that message that was sent in Navajo code as an example here's what the code talker dead sent a message said in Navajo code the bet and now a chibi that destroy death now salsa tons each option he darts ha ha ha ha naki shush I know you didn't understand what I said unless you're never home but let's say if that message was broadcast to the Navajo people what would they have heard this Navajo code talkers say asking for help this is exactly what they would have heard and Navajo sheep eyes nose deer destroyer T Mouse Turkey onion sick horse 3 6 to bear asking for help just a bunch of Navajo words she eyes knows they're sick horse well decode talker receiving dis message at beach command post what did he write down as he's never hooked code word comes through the air he writes it down in English this is what he wrote down now if she buys no sick horse no he wrote down sin demolition team to Hill 3 6 to be that was the message the problem was beneath the hill 3 6 2 P there were three Hills on a North Side 3 6 2 8 3 6 2 B and 3 6 to see beneath 360p was the problem that message to navajo code to 20 seconds immediately after 20 seconds beach command posts organize a rescue team to save that a Marines in you know like I said after 20 seconds tanks with flamethrowers another heavy unit was sent out there if that same message was sent in English code 30 minutes 30 minutes in English code 20 seconds in Navajo code a big difference those guys didn't have 30 minutes that's why Marines and Navy really love never hawk code because it's fast it's secure why 20 second you probably wonder it's the same message 20 seconds and Navajo code 30 minutes in English code if you're going to code something in English and officer gives you a message to send an English code besides our radio equipment that we care it there's another unit that all of us carry it's called scrambling and D scrambling machine if you're going to send something in English code you scramble the message first so even officer gives you a message to send you turn on your scrambling machine take the first letter of that message feeding into your scrambling machine press a button take the next letter of their message feed into your scrambling machine press a button one at a time all the way through the message when you finish you press the big button how comes that message scrambled that's the one you sent over the heir to the English Network guys they sell write it down in scramble form they then turn on their DS scrambling machine take the first letter out there scramble message feed it into the D scrambling machine press a button take the next letter feed it into your disk rambling machine one at a time all day long till he finish and you press the big button I'll comes that message hopefully the way it was written because there's too much presentation present sometimes you press the wrong button and not all the message will come out 30 minutes during that 20 seconds and never hope that's why as I said they always said never hawk code was the best weapon used in the Pacific because it was safe it was fast matric Howard Connor 5th Marine Division communication officer wrote his report to his superior in death message report of major Howard corner of 5th Marine Division said the first 48 hours of Iwo Jima landing over 800 messages were sent in Navajo code the first 48 hours that's just one division there were two other division has similar navajo code traffic each division had at least 80 Navajo code talkers the sign so the 5th Marine Division had 800 messages the first 48 hours the other two division has similar navajo code traffic so you multiply 800 times 3 you get over 2,000 never hold messages the first 48 hours are never on Iwo Jima land you do little meth that means never hole caught going through the air every minute non-stop for 48 hours in major corners report by the weight that report is also a Marine called a constant when you get to look for major counters report it's all written in there what I'm telling you major Connor said without Navajo Marines would never have taken the island of iwo jima that's how critical navajo code was to all the landing in the Pacific that's why navajo code remain top secret for a long long time after the war ended we were told not to tell anyone what we did they said if someone asks you what did you do in the war just tell them you were radio man that's all nothing more so when we came home sure enough people a say what did you do in the war our answer or nothing I was just a radio man don't ask me any more questions that was our answer for 23 years it was not until 1968 Navajo coat was Declassified and only after that we are now to talk about it but most of the our scientists put the whole thing behind us just be radio man for 23 years that's all all of a sudden on television newspaper says never whole quote Declassified people start asking questions then we decided well no let's reflect back and see what it is that we actually did and more report not the one I just told you about major Connors report more report like that was coming forward about what the Navajo coat was and how effective it was well here we are today over 400 of us were certified as Navajo code talkers today only five of us is still alone the oldest one still alive is 96 years old the youngest ones still alive today will be 91 years old next month that's me Peter McDonald okay I joined when I was 15 years old yes I lied about my age why because my older cousin with whom I used to play around her sheep on Navajo Nation he went in because early 1943 cut he was older than ayah he came home weren't a beautiful Marine Corps blue uniform I asked Tom hey how do I get one of those he said Joe no worries I want to do that I told him well it's a how old are you I said I'm 15 so I can't do that you got to be at least 17 I said they don't know well he said no matter what you got to be 17 so what your Marine Corps Recruiting Office Farmington New Mexico a nasty recruiter I want to join the Marine he looks at me and said how old are you I said I'm 7 where's your birth certificate I said I don't have one I was born out in the boondocks we're moving our ship from winter headquarters to our summer headquarters we're moving our animals along the way and my mother she sings she went into labor so they have the quickly preacher Tet said a big pole time sash belt for her to hang on to him she says we laid a coat skin on on the third floor and he fell out on that goat skin so I don't have birth certificate because I wasn't born in a hospital assess on the boondocks well they offered to recruit us soon you got to have someone there watch for you that you are 17 years old I say here my cousin he's a Marine he signed that our seventeen that's how I joined United States Marine Corps at age 15 years old the sad part of the story is after Guam the next battle was Peleliu Tom and about a dozen other code talkers were assigned to land with the first wave on the island of Peleliu September 15 1944 8:30 in the morning the sky was clear Sun beating down on the island 100 degrees at 8:30 on the beach at noon the temperature went up to 115 every landing there always a sign a lease it doesn't never hold code talkers to land with the first wave every landing and in this landing September 15 tom was one of them to land with the first wave why do they do that because the command ship wants to know as soon as the first wave hit the beach what the casualty rate is on to peach you don't want the enemy to know that so that kind of information at the sent back to the command ship and never hook code command should also want to know where the enemy farms are coming from they give us a map before their landing to memorize so if you're assigned to land with the first wave they tell us soon as the kid goes down run the hill hit the deck and see where the enemy fire is coming from look at your map give the coordinates sent it back to the command ship where the enemy fire gun emplacement is then the command ship will order another battleship Marine Air Wing in Navajo code to knock out that particular gun emplacement you don't want to sent it in English because they're breaking code as soon as they found out they are being targeted they moved their gun position so by the time you get it all set up to knock them out they're not there anymore so it's important though it's kind of message it's all handle and Navajo code so they never know that they are being targeted that's why the first wave always at least it doesn't Navajo code talkers assigned to land with the first way tom was one of them after the gate went down with the first wave saw us over a thousand with the first wave it was bad after Tom took about ten steps away from the landed crap on the beach enemy machine-gun went across her his head fell off his body who fell forward there yelling and screaming all along the beach corpsman corpsman that's war other they lost I have to be a grandfather like me why think about it because we love this country that's why we don't want the ugliness of war to ever be felt by our own parents our relatives who want to keep it away we love this country that's why we do that it's tough if you're a veteran have been through this you know what I'm talking about the five of us that's still alive as all as we are 96 and I did one very shortly we get together and we say looks like there might be another war what do we do one of them the 96 year old one says give me arrival I'm ready to head out again patriotism we don't want our parents our relatives to feel the ugliness of war more than that we also cherish our freedom and liberty that means a lot that's why it's important to say thank you to all veterans of all wars even those who are gone like Tom someone said our flag United States America's flag does not fly because the wind blows it it flies with the last breath of thousands of soldiers who have died defending their flag think about that it's the last breath of those who died defending their flag that makes our flag wave every time I see a flag waving tears come to my eyes thinking about Tom and many others who gave up their life to defend American flag representing the United States of America representing our land representing the freedom and liberty that we all have and enjoy today so please respect the flag no matter where you are yes salute the flag put your hand over your heart and say the Pledge of Allegiance it means something to those who defend it for those who died and never came home defending it that's us America we the five of us Navajo code talkers are working on Navajo code talker Museum this unique legacy of world war ii need to be preserved we believe why because we believe what we did truly represents who we are as Americans you see we all know America is a diverse community and we say that different languages different skills different talents different nationality that's America and when our way of life is threatened these we cherish most like our freedom and liberty we all come together from our diverse position and become one and when we become one we're invincible we cannot be defeated will always sell the freedom and liberty that we all cherish that's what we believe a diverse community truly means as a result we started to build a museum to illustrate to our children your children our grandchildren your grandchildren to go through their Navajo code talker museum and tell the story of how it is that we each hung but many ways that we are diverse makes us strong if we come together as one to protect that what is most precious to all of us our freedom and liberty thank you very much for listening to me you

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