WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. —
Kenji Kawano was hitchhiking on the Navajo Nation when Carl Gorman pulled over to give him a lift. During the drive, Kawano, then 23, explained that he’d arrived in the U.S. two years earlier with plans to travel the country taking pictures, hoping to build a portfolio that could land him a gig as a professional photographer.
“Where you from?” Gorman asked.
“Japan,” Kawano replied.
Then Gorman asked if Kawano had ever heard of the Navajo code talkers.
Story by: By David Kelly