the military needed to send messages back and fourth without the enemy being able to understand the information.
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
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.
Navajo Code Talkers
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.
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.
They were young Navajo men from the Navajo tribe in the United States recruited to learn the Navajo code and conduct radio communications on the war front.
Some Navajo were drafted but the Code Talkers were volunteers.
One of the lessons learned in the book "Code Talker" is the importance of cultural heritage and the power of language in preserving and protecting one's identity. The story emphasizes the role of Navajo code talkers in World War II and highlights the importance of diversity and inclusion in historical narratives.
The Navajo were recruited to serve in the military to help create a Navajo code and used it to confuse the Japanese. They were called the Navajo Code Talkers and a few are still alive. They finally received medals from the President. Only the Navajo could use and fully understand the code. Some of the upper military leaders learned some of it as it was created and they taught the Navajos how to send and receive code.
The Navajo Code Talkers were people who used a spoken code in the Navajo language to communicate between US units on the battlefield in the Pacific Theater of War during World War 2.
Were called the Navajo Code Talkers.
I believe you are referring to the Navajo Code Talkers. The Navajos were recruited to use their language to speak in code and sent Morse code in the Navajo Code. The Japanese could not recognize the language.