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Black and white photograph of two Native American soldiers kneeling down while using a portable radio.
Navajo Code Talkers Henry Bake and George Kirk, operating a portable radio set in the South Pacific, 1943

This image appears on the official Navajo Code Talkers bronze medal, created to express formal appreciation and recognition of the Navajo Code Talkers by the United States government.

Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration