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Beginning in 1942, Navajo men began using their native language to send coded messages in combat during World War II.  The role they played in those battles in the Pacific was not known until 26 years after the conclusion of the war.  Today we know them as codetalkers, and on this edition of the Scenic Route, Andrew McCrea visits with one of them…Roy Hawthorne who lives near Lupton, Arizona…