He was one of the first. Now, the last: A Navajo code talker remembers Iwo Jima
February 19, 2018 Carl Prine - San Diego Union-Tribune
Swirled in cannon smoke from a 21-gun salute and washed in the applause Iwo Jima’s survivors have come to anticipate during their annual reunions at Camp Pendleton, one of the 27 veterans stood out.
Wearing a crimson garrison cap, his chest spangled with a giant silver medal rimmed in turquoise, Thomas Begay stared at the wreath commemorating the scores of dead from that World War II battle 73 years ago, but his mind wasn’t fully on the spectacle.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2018/02/he-was-one-of-the-first-now-the-last-a-navajo-code-talker-remembers-iwo-jima/
