N.M. honors Code Talker

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2001

New Mexico state officials and lawmakers on Wednesday held a ceremony to honor state Sen. John Pinto, one of the Navajo Code Talkers whose secret code helped win World War II.

Pinto was one of the 300 Marines who followed in the footsteps of the original 29. He is a Democrat who represents Tohatchi.

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State Honors Code Talker (AP 9/13)

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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