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Carolyn Bauer's avatar

I worked in the hospital in Flagstaff, Arizona and had a patient who had been a Navajo code talker in WW II. Unfortunately he had major health issues and was only there about 2 weeks. He was extremely stoic as most Native American patients and my Native American classmates were. I can agree Begay was as common a name to them as Smith is to us. I had great experiences with many patients and classmates of diverse ethnic backgrounds in Flagstaff at NAU and our Phoenix hospital affiliations.

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Carol's avatar

After hours of thinking on your story I thought of my Dad, a WWII Native Vet. I would have read your story. He would have enjoyed it.

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