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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2003

Money is being raised to build a monument to the Navajo Code Talkers who fought in World War II.

The $120,000 monument will be located at the Arizona State Capitol. It will feature bronze sculpture that depicts a Code Talker. Artist Oreland Joe is designing the monument.

Get the Story:
Code Talkers memorial is law (The Arizona Republic 4/25)

Relevant Links:
Sen. Jeff Bingaman's Code Talkers' Site - http://bingaman.senate.gov/code_talkers
Harrison Lapahie Jr's Code Talkers' Site - http://www.lapahie.com/NavajoCodeTalker.html
Windtalkers - http://www.mgm.com/windtalkers
Navajo Code Talkers, Yahoo! - http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Communications/
Cryptology/Codes_and_Ciphers/Code_Talkers/Navajo

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