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Marines from the Navajo nation who transmitted vital military information?
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Were called the Navajo Code Talkers.
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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.
Were women in the Navajo codetalker?
The Navajo Code Talker program was run by the US Marines. In WWII women were not allowed to join the Marines. The code used Navajo as a base but was encoded in that so a Navajo speaker could not understand it and would need to memorize the secret code to use it.
Who recruited the Navajo code talkers?
the general of the marines recruited them poo
Why were Navajo Indians recruited by the marines to send coded messages in combat zones?
because of the rarity of their language, the chances of a Japanese code breaker speaking Navajo was pretty remote.
What was the role of the Navajo Indians during World War 2?
I think they were used for their language. Since foreign countries/enemies did not know the Navajo language, the U.S. Marines used their language to develop a code to send important messages to each other. Another Navajo would decipher and deliver to an American. Even Navajo speakers could not understand the code which would sound like ungrammatical lists of words.. It could be used very rapidly , unlike code books or machines. It was used in the Pacific theater from 1942 onwards. It was also used in the Japanese Occupation and the Korean war. It was declassified in 1968. 29 original Navajo developed the code and about 400 learned and used it. Many other Navajo served in the US military. 44,000 native American Indians served in WWII
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.
Was the Navajo code talkers in the army?
the Marines, actually
Were women in the Navajo codetalker?
The Navajo Code Talker program was run by the US Marines. In WWII women were not allowed to join the Marines. The code used Navajo as a base but was encoded in that so a Navajo speaker could not understand it and would need to memorize the secret code to use it.
Who recruited the Navajo code talkers?
the general of the marines recruited them poo
Marines used the Navajo word for shark as code for what in World War 2?
destroyer
What was the importance of the Navajo code?
the military needed to send messages back and fourth without the enemy being able to understand the information.
Why was the Navajo marines important to the battle of iwo jima?
Many of the Navajo soldiers recruited by the marines were valued for their knowledge of their native language. They created what is known as the Navajo code which was successfully used to pass messages among American troops while they fought the Japanese in the Pacific. This continued on Iwo Jima. These men were also exceptional soldiers.
Philip Johnston suggested letting what group become the radiomen for the American Marines?
The Navajo Code Talkers.
Why was the Navajo language so useful?
During WWII, the US Marines used native Navajo speakers as radio operators so that the Japanese could not understand intercepted transmissions.
Why did they choose the Navajos for war?
Because they were patriots, had a warrior tradition and were good Americans. __________________________________________________ The U.S. military wanted the help of Navajo Code Talkers because their language was sophisticated and was a good candidate for coding messages without the Japanese being able to crack it easily.
How many Navajo code talkers served in the military?
Some Navajo were drafted but the Code Talkers were volunteers.
What was the name given to navajo speakers who primarily transmitted tactical messages during world war 2?
Wind Talkers.
