The Navajo Code Talkers were recruited to create an unbreakable code for use in World War II which ultimately helped win the war. The Japanese were able to break every American code until then.
The Code had a pronounced effect on the U.S. and even helped against the Japanese. They helped save lives and also gave the U.S. an advantage in strategies and without getting their code cracked. The Navajo language was near impossible to translate by non-native people. So it made an awesome code for radio communications for the duration of WWII. It confirmed that the Japanese would not be capable of breaking the U.S. codes.
They were used as radio men to convey double coded messages in using their own language as a base to the code. The Japanese could not figure out this strange 'code'. Even a Navajo speaker could not understand it. Also, it was much faster that using a code book or machine. It was instrumental in successfully conveying orders in all the major battles in the Pacific after 1942.
There is a very good New York Times obituary of Chester Nez, the last of the original 29 who developed the code. It explains clearly how it worked. (See related link)
The use of Navajo Nation code talkers greatly influenced the outcome of World War 2. The Navajo Nation's language was undecipherable by the enemies of the U.S. This allowed U.S. military forces to carry out combat missions without the enemy knowing about them.
The navajo were stationed in 29 nine palms for a while then were transported to the san diego marine corp base during world war two.urah
There were no Navajo code "breakers" . That means someone who tries to figure out and unknown code. Native Americans who worked for the American side in World War II were sometimes called "code talkers". They used a substitution code to encode English orders using a native American language, mostly Navajo but other ones were used too.
The program remained top secret until 1968. In 1982 Reagan gave them " a Certificate of Recognition" and declared August 14, 1982 "Navajo Code Talkers Day. In 2000 congress passed and Clinton signed Public Law 106-554, 114 Statute 2763. It awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the original twenty-nine World War II Navajo code talkers, and Silver Medals to each person who qualified as a Navajo code talker (approximately 300). Bush gave those to gold medals to 4 living men (the 5th couldn't come) and 24 medals to the families of the code talkers no longer living.
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Navajo is a very difficult language and impossible for the Japanese to decipher
The Navajo Code Talkers took part in, and contributed to the success of, the island campaigns in the south and central Pacific between the US and Japan.
The code-talkers of World War II mostly refer to the Native Americans who used parts of their indigenous languages to translate secret tactical messages into code, then decipher the code back into the message. They were used in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and, to a lesser extent, in the European Theater. The most decorated Native American code-talkers were Navajo, but Native Americans of the Comanche and Meskwaki people also served as code-talkers during the war.
S. McClain has written: 'Search for the Navajo code talkers' -- subject(s): Armed Forces, Cryptography, Navajo language, Navajo code talkers, Indian Participation, World War, 1939-1945, History, Indian troops
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Navajo as code talkers
The Navajo and 11 Hopi soldiers used the the easiest of the Navajo language, to help America defeat the Japanese.
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The use of Navajo Nation code talkers greatly influenced the outcome of World War 2. The Navajo Nation's language was undecipherable by the enemies of the U.S. This allowed U.S. military forces to carry out combat missions without the enemy knowing about them.
The Navajo people worked as code talkers in the Pacific Islands
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