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So Sad and Sorry&#8230;Your Uncle is now made his journey to be with family in a world different with the Holy People as he is now.<\/em><br\/><br\/>Messages trickled in on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Our.Navajo.Code.Talkers\/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&amp;fref=nf\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Our.Navajo.Code.Talkers\/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&amp;fref=nf\">social-media sites<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to the Navajo Code Talkers across the nation.<br\/><br\/>Photos of Kellwood were posted on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rememberthosewhoserved\/posts\/1072714676111119\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rememberthosewhoserved\/posts\/1072714676111119\">\u00a0the Facebook page for the Greatest Generations Foundation<\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to veterans recording the legacies of veterans.<br\/><br\/>In one photo, the young soldier with a crew\u00a0cut is kneeling in the grass, holding a rifle. In a photo taken decades later, Kellwood&#8217;s graying hair is tucked under the signature red cap that Navajo Code Talkers wore.<br\/><br\/>More than 400 Navajos were recruited as Code Talkers. They transmitted battle messages in their native, unwritten language, creating a\u00a0code Japanese soldiers couldn&#8217;t crack.<br\/><br\/>In a 1999 interview with\u00a0Arizona Republic\u00a0reporter Betty Reid, Kellwood remembered leaving Phoenix to join the Marines.<br\/><br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=e6a31f96-5038-4eed-91a6-6ceb6e73fad2\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The official designation of Aug. 14 as Navajo Code Talkers&#8217; Day in Arizona moved former code talker Joe Kellwood to song \u2014 in Navajo. It is also the anniversary of Japan&#8217;s surrender in 1945, which ended World War II.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was 78 at the time of the interview, but 21 when he joined the Marines in 1942.\u00a0He told his sister, Da&#8217;ahijigaagoo deya, or, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to war,&#8221; according to the 1999 interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was trained at the Navajo Talkers\u2019 School at Camp Elliott in San Diego. In the interview, he remembered a moment when his sacred rituals conflicted with military rules. He had boarded a transport ship headed for Melbourne, Australia, where he would join the 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellwood had corn pollen, a gift from his uncle, who told him in Navajo to use it during his journey.\u00a0His uncle called the Pacific Ocean a\u00a0mother figure for their people. 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