WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A group of Young Marines from Camp Pendleton joined youth and adult volunteers from across the nation earlier this month in a powerful tribute to one of World War II’s most extraordinary groups of heroes — the Navajo Code Talkers. • The Nexstar Media video above explains the different branches of the military

Fifteen members of the Camp Pendleton Young Marines, a program for boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 18, traveled to Window Rock, Arizona on Aug. 14 to honor and learn from the remaining Navajo Code Talkers and their families. According to officials with the program, they joined 76 fellow Young Marines and volunteers from around the country in a series of commemorative and service events marking National Navajo Code Talkers Day.

The Navajo

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