Jimmy Preston Memorial Bridge honors Navajo Code Talker’s lasting legacy
Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero
Traffic crosses on Wednesday, May 14, over the new Cameron, Ariz., bridge that will soon be named after the late Navajo Code Talker Jimmie Preston.
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In a small town nestled at the edge of the Grand Canyon, the state of Arizona is paying tribute to one of its most courageous sons.
Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero
The Little Colorado River on Wednesday, May 14, can be seen flowing underneath a bridge that will soon be named after the late Navajo Code Talker Jimmie Preston.
Jimmie Preston, a Navajo Code Talker who fought in some of the most grueling battles of the Pacific campaign during World War II, is being honored by renaming a bridge that crosses the Little Colorado River in his hometown of Cameron, Arizona.
The Arizona State Legislature recently passed House Concurrent Memorial 2006, officially naming the structure the “Jimmy Preston Memorial Bridge.”
Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero
Motorists drive over the bridge in Cameron, Ariz., on Wednesday, May 14. The new bridge will be named after the late Navajo Code Talker Jimmie Preston.
The recognition marks a long-awaited moment of remembrance for a man whose contributions were both vital to the success of Allied forces abroad and essential to the progress of his community at home. Preston, who died in 1966 at 43, carried his service quietly and without fanfare, but his family and community never forgot.
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