Chester Nez

Chester was raised speaking the Navajo language. In his school years, he was punished for speaking his native language. America at the time of his youth didn't appreciate the Native American people yet, so there was some racism. Later in his life, he volunteered to join World War 2. He was assigned to a mission that nobody knew. He was a part of a group that had 30 Navajo speaking marines. This mission was for him and the 29 other Navajo speaking marines to go to the Japanese islands and to be the communicators. One of the Navajo code talkers quit right away, so there were a total of 29. Since every other code that America tried got cracked, they were trying a new one. They used English words such as ant-a, bear-b, and so on, then they translated those common words into the Navajo language. They sent 27 of the 29 over to the Japanese islands, and left 2 in America to teach the code to new people. This code was never cracked by Japan or anyone else. They made it so that not even Navajo speakers could crack the code. Chester was obviously one of these communicators, but he also fought in Guantanamo, Guam, and Angular. Through Chester's eyes, he was just doing his duty for his country. Thanks to Chester and the other 28 original code talkers, this was a turning point in the war. This gave us a way to communicate to each other, and it gave us an edge in the war. I think that Chester is like Louie from Unbroken in a way, they were both able to forgive the people who caused them pain. Louie forgave all of his guards from Japan, and Chester forgave his country who punished him for speaking his native language. Chester was also very proud for what he did, because as he said, "I am very happy to say that I have done my duty to my country."