A continuation of my mother’s lecture series, Growing Up with Heroes: A Daughter's Journey…
Growing Up with Heroes 2 is my lecture from the point of view as the grandson of Dr. Carl N. Gorman and growing up with the Navajo Code Talkers. My family was highly involved with the Navajo Code Talker history.
Growing up with my grandfather, who was the oldest of the pilot group who devised the original code used throughout the Pacific Theater during WWII, I witnessed both the unfolding of the history of what the Navajo Code Talkers did and the real time narrative of their personal history after the war.
Growing Up with Heroes 2 covers the history of the First Twenty-nine and how they catapulted the Navajo Code Talker program and weaves in personal stories of growing up with these incredible men. I share the research my mother continues to do from the last 30 years, my experiences of growing up on Navajo Nation and the honor these men hold among their people, and what it meant to have these men over to my home throughout my life. You’ll gain insight from the next generation to carry on the family legacy of this incredible story of heroism and indigenous survivance.
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