World War II
Joe Morris Sr. was one of four hundred “code talkers” who memorized a code that substituted traditional Navajo words for military phrases. The contributions of the Navajo code talkers were classified until 1968.
Image Source: Photograph of Joe Morris giving a talk at Travis Air Force Base, 2008, US Air Force
![T/Sgt. Kuwayama presenting President Truman with a check contributed by members of the 442nd for a memorial to President Roosevelt [Sept. 11, 1945]](/sites/default/files/styles/nav_card/public/2023-04/Kuwayama%20w_%20Truman%20.webp?h=e7c29f1b&itok=X-eFtwLD)
