Wednesday was national Navajo Code Talker Day, honoring the Native Americans who helped in World War II with their unique language.
The Navajo Nation celebrated the three veteran Code Talkers who are still alive.
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren along with Congressman Eli Crane and a three-star general attended the celebrations in Window Rock honoring those alive and the roughly 400 total who served.
John Kinsel Sr.,107, and former Tribal chairman Peter Macdonald, 96, were the only living Code Talkers able to attend.
President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation in 1982 designating Aug. 14 as National Navajo Code Talkers Day.
Nygren called for the preservation of the Diné language, which was used as the basis for a code that was classified until the 1960s.
