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At DiligentiaGraphsour focus is to source out the best, authentic items and give you expedient andjust service. Our goal is to deliver a five-star experience through promptshipping and communication. Thank you for viewing our sale and feel free toask any questions.
The items for saleare to honor the veterans who served our nation and to expose their storieswhich might otherwise be lesser known.
Hand signed 4x6 photo by World War II vet, Cpl. Chester Nez.
Nez and 28 other Navajos formed Recruit Training Platoon 382at Marine Corps Base San Diego in May 1942. The 29 who graduated from bootcamp, including Nez, were then assigned to the Camp Elliot, California, wherethey were tasked with creating a code for secure voice tactical (battlefield)communications. At the time, tactical radios were not equipped, as they aretoday, with encryption/decryption technology, allowing the enemy to listen toradio traffic, often with disastrous results. The Navajo language was chosenbecause its complex syntax and phonology made it exceedingly difficult to learnas a second language, and it had no written form. Nez stated the developersused everyday words, in order to easily memorize and retain them. In 1942, hewas among the code talkers to be shipped out to Guadalcanal, where they workedin teams of two: one to send and receive, the other to operate the radio andlisten for errors. Nez also fought in Bougainville, Guam, Angaur and Peleliu.He was honorably discharged as a private first class in 1945 and returned toserve stateside in the Korean War from which he was discharged as a corporal.
Shipping is donewithin 24 hours of received payment. We ship our items in 6X9 envelopes, sentfirst class with tracking and well packed. We do our best to accommodatespecial shipping requests as needed.
We do accept returnswithin 14 days that has been communicated and approved. We have a 15% fee onitems that are restocked and do pay for return shipping. Refunds are given onceitems are returned in original condition.
On all of our solditems we donate a percentage of profits to the Wounded Warrior project and toWorld War II museum in New Orleans, LA.
