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Tlingit code talkers to be honored for wartime service</h1></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16px"></div><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(65,65,65);line-height:21px">
<span class="" style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:inherit;font-size:11px;font-style:inherit;line-height:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="color:rgb(50,50,50)">Posted:</strong> November 19, 2013 - 5:51pm</span><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;line-height:normal">  |  </span><span class="" style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:inherit;font-size:11px;font-style:inherit;line-height:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><strong>Updated:</strong> November 20, 2013 - 12:05am</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(65,65,65);line-height:21px">By <a href="http://juneauempire.com/authors/jennifer-canfield" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration:none;color:inherit">JENNIFER CANFIELD</a></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(65,65,65);line-height:21px">JUNEAU EMPIRE</div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:21px">
<div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Alaska’s Tlingit code talkers will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal today in Washington, D.C., for their contributions to World Wars I and II.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Never heard of a Tlingit code talker, you say?</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">
While the story of Navajo code talkers who used their complex language to help the United States military transmit secret tactical messages is famous, it’s not unique to Pueblo Indians.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">
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