{"id":1708,"date":"2013-03-18T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2013-03-20T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T15:14:00","slug":"john-kinsel-sr-navajo-code-talker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/john-kinsel-sr-navajo-code-talker\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kinsel, Sr.- Navajo Code Talker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b id=\"internal-source-marker_0.2968227609526366\">John Kinsel Sr.- Navajo Code Talker <\/b><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/john-kinsel-sr-navajo-code-talker\/john-kinsel-navajo-code-talker-05-20-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1709\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1709\" alt=\"John Kinsel - Navajo Code Talker-05-20-10\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-05-20-10-720x480.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-05-20-10-720x480.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-05-20-10-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-05-20-10.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b id=\"internal-source-marker_0.2968227609526366\"><br \/>\nNavajo Oral History Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>John Kinsel Sr. was born in 1921 and raised on the Navajo Nation in Lukachukai, Arizona. \u00a0During his last months of high school, in 1942, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/john-kinsel-sr-navajo-code-talker\/john-kinsel-navajo-code-talker-22-05-20-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1710\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1710\" alt=\"John Kinsel - Navajo Code Talker -22-05-20-10\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-22-05-20-10-720x546.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-22-05-20-10-720x546.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-22-05-20-10-300x227.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Navajo-Code-Talker-22-05-20-10.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After he graduated, John enlisted in the U.S. Marines. During his time in World War II, 1942-1945, he was a Navajo Code Talker in the 3rd Marine Division in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/john-kinsel-sr-navajo-code-talker\/john-kinsel-haskie-kinsel-group-05-20-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1711\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1711\" alt=\"John Kinsel Haskie-Kinsel Group-05-20-10\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Haskie-Kinsel-Group-05-20-10-720x467.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Haskie-Kinsel-Group-05-20-10-720x467.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Haskie-Kinsel-Group-05-20-10-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kinsel-Haskie-Kinsel-Group-05-20-10.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><em>Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b id=\"internal-source-marker_0.2968227609526366\">John Kinsel, Sr.- Navajo Code Talker &#8211; Navajo Oral History Project Video<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HNkxinjRD0\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Project completed by:<\/strong><br \/>\nMarcus A. Lake &#8211; DC<br \/>\nRevaline Nez &#8211; DC<br \/>\nMichael Ruka &#8211; WSU<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Din\u00e9 College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2009.<\/p>\n<p>It contains stories Grandma Marjorie Thomas of Chinle, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about her life.<\/p>\n<p>This documentary film is archived at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navajonationmuseum.org\/\">Navajo Nation Museum<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nnlib.org\/\">Navajo Nation Library<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winona.edu\/library\/\">Winona State University Library<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College Library<\/a>, and will be archived at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nmai.si.edu\/home\/\">Smithsonian Institution\u2019s National Museum of the American Indian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Navajo%20Oral%20History\">Navajo Oral History project<\/a>, a multi-year collaboration between the Winona State University<a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/\">Mass Communication Department<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College<\/a>\u2013 The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Navajo People Website Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-culture.htm\">Navajo Culture<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-history.htm\">Navajo History<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-art.htm\">Navajo Art<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-clothing.htm\">Navajo Clothing\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-pictures.htm\">Navajo Pictures<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-rugs.htm\">Navajo Rugs<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-language.htm\">Navajo Language<\/a>\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-jewelry.htm\">Navajo Jewelry<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-code-talker.htm\">Navajo Code Talker<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-pottery.htm\">Navajo Pottery<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-legends.htm\">Navajo Legends<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-hogans.htm\">Hogan\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-sand-painting.htm\">Sand Painting<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-food.htm\">Navajo Food\u00a0<\/a>\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-news.htm\">Navajo News<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/navajo-nation.htm\">Navajo Nation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Kinsel Sr.- Navajo Code Talker Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project. Navajo Oral History Project John Kinsel Sr. was born in 1921 and raised on the Navajo Nation in Lukachukai, Arizona. \u00a0During his last months of high school, in 1942, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project. 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