Bahznibah Navajo Times

Opening the eyes of the world: Photo exhibit offers Navajo Code Talkers story

I first met Kenji Kawano in 1976, young man who came to the Navajo Nation in search of an adventure and see the “Indians” known as Navajos.

Courtesy photo | Kenji Kawano
Kenji Kawano with Navajo Code Talker Alfred Peaches in 2007 in Winslow. Mr. Peaches is holding his official U.S. Marine Corps photograph. Kawano used a self-timer for this photo.

He was a rather peculiar young man, full of enthusiasm and somewhat intriguing.

He had come from Japan only a few years before I first met him. He did not speak much English but spoke as best he could.

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