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Some Navajo were drafted but the Code Talkers were volunteers.
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What branch did the Navajo code talkers serve in?
Most of the Navajo Code Talkers served in the best military branch, The United States Marines. A few served in the Army but not many.
Marines from the Navajo nation who transmitted vital military information?
Were called the Navajo Code Talkers.
Who were the first Code Talkers?
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.
What Native American tribes were used by the US military as code talkers in World War 2?
The Navajo.
What is the exposition of code talkers?
Code Talkers were specially trained in the art of code talking in the language of the Navajo people. As I understand it, most were of Navajo descent but not all.
Who was the best code talkers in the us military?
In my opinion it would be the Navajo code talkers. Their language was kept within the small amount of Navajo's so it was very unknown to the majority of the people including the enemies of the U.S. military. They had large success in the war and fought with a lot of courage and bravery.
What name was given to the Navajo radio operators?
Navajo Code Talkers
What challenge did the Navajo code-talkers help the us military overcome during world war 2?
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Why did the military need the code talkers?
The military utilized Navajo men who fashioned a secret code from their ancient Navejo language to relay messages of vital importance to the war effort. Navajo language was not decipherable to enemy
Why was there a need to assign bodyguards to the Navajo Code Talkers?
The "bodyguards" for the Navajo Code Talkers had the responsibility to see that they never fell into Japanese hands. This responsibility was handled in two ways:protect the Navajo Code Talker during battlekill the Navajo Code Talker if he was captured or was about to be captured by Japanese (the Navajo Code Talkers were never informed of this)Effectively the US Military treated the Navajo Code Talkers as they would any other classified high security cypher machine they might use to send and receive secret messages. If you were responsible for a cypher machine your responsibilities for handling the machine were identical: protect it from the enemy in battle and destroy it should there be a chance of the enemy capturing it.
Was the Navajo code talkers in the army?
the Marines, actually
What is the book code talkers by Joseph bruchac about?
The code talkers were Navajo enlisted men who were in the United States military in the Pacific. They spoke over the communications lines in Navajo so the Japanese listening in wouldn't understand what they said. So, the book would be about these brave men.
