VETERANS DAY FILM, NAVAJO WARRIORS: THE GREAT SECRET
Location:
CAPTREE COMMONS BLDG
RM# 113A&B
Campus:
Grant Campus in Brentwood
Time:
11:00AM-12:15PM
Description:
THE UNITED STATES IN WWII USED AN UNBREAKABLE CODE, THE UNWRITTEN WORDS OF THE NAVAJO NATIVE AMERICANS. THIS WAS THE U.S. POTENT INSTRUMENT OF THE WAR. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROHIBITED THEM FROM SPEAKING THEIR OWN LANGUAGE FOR ALMOST A CENTURY. SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF NAVAJO MEN HAVE FOUGHT WITH MARINES. THEIR CULTURAL IDENTITY CORRELATED WITH TRADITIONAL MARINE CORPS VALUES.
