To: President Donald Trump
Corporal Chester Nez Day January 23rd
Corporal Chester Nez (January 23, 1921 – June 4, 2014) of the United States Marine Corps is America's last Navajo Code Talker from World War II. His service along with his 28 comrades who volunteered for this highly secretive mission was one of grave danger. He is deserving of a day of honor by the Government from whom he protected and served faithfully and honorably. Additionally, he is deserving of a United States Postal Service Stamp. I humbly and respectfully submit this petition for Chester Nez Day, and a U.S. postal stamp honoring his life.
Why is this important?
Our United States of America Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers' last survivor was Chester Nez who died in 2014 at age 93. A book has been compiled of his life and the only one written by a Navajo Code Talker and a co-author. His contributions to the attack on Iwo Jima and the Pacific strikes by the Japanese military were monumental to the success and end of World War II. If he ever revealed information about the code, he was under the threat of his tongue being cut out, or death. He was never able to reveal to his family nor anyone else his mission. Corporal U.S.M.C. Chester Nez the recipient of numerous medals of honor, and deserves to represent his 28 other comrades in a yearly tribute so the USA will never forget the secret missions of the United State Marine Corps through the code of the Navajo Native Language, a code the Japanese could not decipher. Corporal USMC medal of honor recipient Nez died in 2014 at the age of 93. I am also proposing that a United States Postal Stamp be made to commemorate his life.