The last of the original Code Talkers spoke to KOAT Action 7 News about a documentary that will chronicle his life.

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Some say without them, the United States and its allies would have lost World War II.The last of the original Code Talkers spoke to KOAT Action 7 News about a documentary that will chronicle his life."I'm very proud to be one of them," said Chester Nez.VIDEO: Documentary to cover life of Code Talker Chester NezNez is the last of the original World War II Code Talkers. He, along with 28 other Native Americans, were recruited by the U.S. Marines to create a code the Japanese couldn't crack. Nez remembers the first message he had to translate -- he was 18 years old, and had just landed on Guadalcanal."The message said, 'Japanese machine gun nest to your right flank. Destroy,'" he said.Nez is now 93 years old. He now lives in the East Mountains with his grandson.Filmmaker David Dejonge has plans to immortalize Nez in film."And have it be his first-hand account coming from his own mouth," he said.Nez has already written a memoir. Co-author Judith Schiess-Avila will help with the film."He just did what he thought it was right to do for his country despite how he was treated," said Schiess-Avila.The 30-minute documentary will tell Nez's story from childhood to present day, including how he was taken from his family in New Mexico to attend kindergarten in an English-immersion school in Arizona. Then when he was in 10th grade, he was asked to be a part of the Code Talkers."Hey, remember that language we asked you to forget as a child? We want you to develop a secret language to win the war," said DeJonge.The plan is to begin filming this spring."The Navajo tribe is very proud that we did something for our country in WWII," said Nez.To make the film a reality, DeJonge says he'll need to raise $37,000. He is taking donations at survivorquest.org.