Skip to main content

Navajo Code Talker Thomas Begay Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

Thomas H Begay, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers and a Marine veteran who survived the Battle of Iwo Jima, received a COVID-19 vaccine shot on February 2. Code Talkers were specially recruited members of the military who used tribal languages to transmit secret messages during World War II. According to an official biography, Begay, who was born in 1926, sent hundreds of messages during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This footage, recorded by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, shows Begay receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Credit: US Department of Veterans Affairs via Storyful Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Kate slams KIIS FM after radio departure

Langbroek currently co-hosts The 3PM Pick Up on KIIS FM with Monty Dimond and Yumi Stynes, but it was announced last month that the show would not be returning in 2023.It was Dimond who broke the news of the show’s departure, writing on Instagram: “After 8 years of doing the @3pmpickup on the wireless it’s time to hang up the headphones. “Bummer that the big wigs at KIIS couldn’t present acceptable terms for us to move forward”.Langbroek elaborated on Dimond’s comments in an interview with news.com.au’s podcast, I’ve Got News For You.Kate Langbroek reveals her most shocking TV momentWhen asked what happened between KIIS FM and The 3PM Pick Up, Langbroek said: “Well, look, I’m just gonna say this: Sometimes you just can’t come to terms. And if you can’t come to terms, it’s best you part ways.”When pressed for more information, Langbroek hit out at the radio station for treating some of their talent better than others.“What they do with their radio station is their business and it’s no s...
Post a Comment
Read more