Navajo Code Talkers

The U.S. Department of Defense says it plans to restore content on the Navajo Code Talkers recently scrubbed from the agency's website.

John Kinsel, Sr. — one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers — died in his sleep at his home in Lukachukai, Ariz. early Saturday. He was 107.

Although eligible for a brand new home from the Navajo Nation’s Veterans Administration, the 107-year-old Navajo Code Talker only asked for the home he built himself to be renovated.

The towing, salvage and rescue ship was officially put into service in Louisiana during a ceremony Saturday.

A museum in New Mexico to honor the Navajo Code Talkers is about $40 million shy of becoming a reality.

The day recognizes the more than 400 Navajo soldiers who used their language during World War II to create an unbreakable code and help turn the tide of the war.

Kinsel celebrated his 106th birthday at his home in Lukachukai, Arizona. He's one of the last three surviving Navajo Code Talkers.

One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers says Sunday that the code based on his then-unwritten native language was the hardest thing to learn.

This year marked the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Navajo Code Talkers and the first year the day was recognized as a legal state holiday.

This year’s Navajo Nation Code Talkers Day will be celebrated with a ground-breaking ceremony to bless the future site of the Navajo Code Talkers Museum.