[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H4633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING NAVAJO CODE TALKERS STEWART CLAH AND CHARLES GUY

  (Mr. UDALL of New Mexico asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of two 
Navajo Indians and celebrate the American heroes who passed away last 
week. Stewart Clah and Charles Guy were members of the elite Navajo 
Code Talkers. They did not simply rely on their ancestral language to 
relay critical United States military communications. Rather, the 
innovative Navajo Code Talkers used their native language to build a 
succinct and unbreakable code for military communications during World 
War II.
  We will never know exactly how many American lives were saved or how 
many American military operations were successful because of their 
ingenuity and sacrifice. But we do know Stewart Clah and Charles Guy 
and the rest of the Navajo Code Talkers will forever be remembered as 
critical to the Allied victory during one of the world's darkest hours.

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