Edmond Harjo

Edmond Andrew Harjo (November 24, 1917 – March 31, 2014) was an American Seminole Code Talker during World War II.

[1] Harjo, who served with his brothers at Normandy landings and the Battle of the Bulge, was the last surviving code talker from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

[2][3][4] On November 20, 2013, a group representing thirty-three Native American tribes were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress, for their service as code talkers.

[1][5] The story was later recounted by Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner at the Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony honoring Harjo in November 2013.

[1] Harjo soon trained as Seminole code talker, using his native language to foil Axis attempts to decode or decipher Allied communications during the war.