Posted on Jul 19, 2019
Alaska Native servicemen finally honored as Code Talkers
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Army veteran Richard Bean Sr. died without anyone knowing that he and four other long-deceased Alaska Natives had used their Tlingit language, which they had been had been forbidden to speak as schoolchildren, to outsmart the Japanese during World War II.
Alaska Native servicemen finally honored as Code Talkers
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Richard Bean Sr., I am so very glad that you were finally honored. Rest in Peace, Sir. Capt Dwayne Conyers
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