Many Navajo people made a secret code in World War II.
许多纳瓦霍人在第二次世界大战中做了一个秘密密码。
They used their own language.
他们用他们自己的语言。
The code helped the U.S. win battles in the Pacific.
这个密码帮助美国在太平洋赢得战斗。
The Japanese could not understand it.
日本人不能理解它。
In 1982, President Ronald Reagan made Aug. 14 a special day.
在1982年,总统罗纳德·里根把8月14日定为特别的日子。
It honors the Navajo Code Talkers and all Native Americans who served.
它纪念纳瓦霍密码员和所有服役的美国原住民。
Many people will come to Phoenix for this day.
很多人会来凤凰城过这一天。
Thomas H. Begay will be there.
托马斯·H·贝盖会在那里。
He is 101 years old.
他101岁了。
He is one of the last two Code Talkers.
他是最后两个密码员之一。
The military trained more than 400 Navajo men.
军队训练了400多个纳瓦霍男人。
They sent secret messages about battles and enemy moves.
他们发送关于战斗和敌人行动的密信。
From 1942 to 1945, they helped save many Allied soldiers' lives.
从1942年到1945年,他们帮助救了很多盟军士兵的生命。
Dawn Manuelito said the code was very important.
道恩·曼努埃利托说密码非常重要。
She is a granddaughter of one of the first 29 Code Talkers.
她是最早的29名密码员之一的孙女。
"Without that code, that war could have been different," she said.
她说:“没有那个密码,那场战争可能会不一样。”
The program was secret until 1968.
这个计划在1968年之前是秘密的。
After the war, the men could not tell anyone about their work.
战争结束后,这些人不能告诉任何人他们的工作。
People recognized them slowly.
人们慢慢地认出了他们。
In 1971, President Richard Nixon sent a letter.
在1971年,理查德·尼克松总统寄了一封信。
In 1982, Congress made a resolution.
在1982年,国会做了一个决定。
The Defense Department removed webpages about the Code Talkers.
国防部删除了关于密码员的网页。
This happened after an order about diversity programs.
这发生在一个关于多样性项目的命令之后。
The Pentagon put some pages back.
五角大楼把一些页面放回去了。
They said the removal was a mistake.
他们说删除是一个错误。
Laura Tohe is a daughter of a Code Talker.
劳拉·托赫是一位密码员的女儿。
She saw a strange thing.
她看到了一件奇怪的事。
Her father got in trouble for using Navajo at school.
她的父亲因为在学校使用纳瓦霍语而遇到了麻烦。
Later, the military used that language for a code.
后来,军方用那种语言做了一个密码。
There is no museum for the group.
这个群体没有博物馆。
But last week, people said they will build one in Farmington, New Mexico.
但是上周,人们说他们会在新墨西哥州法明顿建一个。
Begay served in the Marines and later the Army.
贝盖在海军陆战队服役,后来在陆军服役。
He also served in the Korean War.
他也在朝鲜战争中服役。
The other Code Talker is Peter MacDonald.
另一位密码员是彼得·麦克唐纳。
He met President Donald Trump in 2017.
他在2017年见到了唐纳德·特朗普总统。