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Gorman To Share Secrets of Navajo
Code Breakers
 “Growing up with Heroes: The
Navajo Code Talkers of World War II,” a lecture by Zonnie M. Gorman, a
recognized historian, lecturer and consultant on the Navajo Code
Talkers, will take place on the campus of Daniel Webster College on
Wednesday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Collings Auditorium.
Gorman is the daughter of Dr. Carl Gorman, who was a highly respected
educator, artist and consultant, and one of the original 29 Navajo Code
Talkers, and who played a vital role in the Pacific operations during
World War II, and who passed away in 1998 at the age of 91. The group
developed and utilized a code in their native language that was
indecipherable to the Japanese and helped American forces earn victory
in the Pacific.
Zonnie Gorman, who is also the youngest sister to the legendary and
renowned Navajo artist, the late R.C. Gorman, has lectured extensively
at college campuses, at N.A.S.A. headquarters, the Museum of the
American Indian in New York, and she has appeared in and consulted for
national and international documentaries on the code talkers for the
History Channel as well as other programs following the release of the
2002 film “Windtalkers,” which starred Nicholas Cage and Sean Penn.
Gorman began researching the code talkers in 1989, learning not only the
role her father played, but about how the code was developed. Her
lecture offers personal insights, which work to create a poignant
presentation.
Daniel Webster College provides undergraduate and graduate programs to
traditional and non-traditional students from its Nashua and Portsmouth
campuses in a wide breadth of professional areas, including aeronautic
and mechanical engineering, aviation, flight operations, air traffic
management, computer science, business and management, and social
science. For more information about Daniel Webster's programs, visit
www.dwc.edu.
“Growing Up with Heroes: The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II”
A Lecture by Zonnie M. Gorman at the Collings Auditorium.
September 27, 2006, 7:30 – 9:00 P.M.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Kim Anastasiou, Director of Special Events
at 603-577-6622.
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