With the Code Talkers
Wayne Brooks, middle row far right, recently met with four Navajo World War II veterans after announcing at the Navajo Nation Fair Rodeo in Window Rock, Ariz. During their war service, the code talkers spoke in their native language to deliver messages for the Allies. Front row, left to right: livestock contractors Dona Vold-Larsen and Darci Vold and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Navajo judge T.J. Holgate. Second row, left to right: code talkers John Brown Jr., Samuel Tsosie, Lamue Yazzie and Willard Oliver; stock contractor Harry Vold; and Brooks. Back row, from left: stock contractor Kristen Vold; rodeo pick-up men Milo Dewitt and Matt Johnson.