Saturday, July 21, 2018

Code Talker



This very large sculpture sits on the corner of Thomas Road and Central Avenue in front of the Phoenix Plaza Office complex.  It was created by Doug Hyde, a renowned Native American artist.

It is a tribute to the Navajo code talkers who created a communications code during WWII based on the Navajo language.  That code was never broken by the enemy.

9 comments:

Karl said...

Beautiful sculpture, Sharon !

biebkriebels said...

What a nice sculpture. Amazing the code had never broken, very clever!

RedPat said...

I love the sculpture and the story!

William Kendall said...

I was familiar with the story. A wonderful tribute to those men.

Judy Ryer said...

Excellent!

Bill said...

What a great story and sculpture. Well done Sharon.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

That's a wonderful tribute! I like the movie based on the story also.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

A well deserved tribute Sharon, fabulous sculpture ✨

Jack said...

I read a book about the code talkers a while back. Fascinating, and quite an important contribution to the war effort.