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:

  1. Beautiful sculpture, Sharon !

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

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  3. I love the sculpture and the story!

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

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  5. What a great story and sculpture. Well done Sharon.

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

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  7. A well deserved tribute Sharon, fabulous sculpture ✨

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

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