Corporal Henry Bahe, Jr., left, and Pvt. First Class George H. Kirk, Navajo code talkers serving with a Marine Signal Unit, operate a portable radio set in a jungle clearing, close behind the front lines on the island of Bougainville in New Guines, (present-day Papua New Guinea) in this December,1943, U.S. Marine Corps photo. On Thursday, July 26, 2001, Navajo code talkers and their surviving relatives will be honored with Congressional Gold Medals at a ceremony at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/USMC via National Archives)
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