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Congressional Gold Metals awarded to Navajo Code Talkers

WAP2001072610 - 26 JULY 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: John Brown Jr., who served in WWII as a Navajo Code Talker, speaks at a ceremony awarding the Code Talkers with Congressional Gold Metals, in Washington, DC on July 26, 2001. mk/Michael Kleinfeld UPI

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