R.C. Gorman dedicated a bronze portrait of his father, Carl Gorman, in honor of the Navajo Code Talkers. Carl Gorman was the oldest of the original twenty-nine Navajos who volunteered to form a secret division of the Marine Corps. They coded the Navajo language among themselves and were scattered across the Pacific during World War II. It was dangerous duty, but the Japanese never broke the code. (read more here)
All of us at R.C. Gorman Navajo Galleries Wish all Fathers a Happy Father’s Day!