Yes, there were. Most noteworthy were the "Navajo Codetalkers," whos Native American language could not be understood by the Japanese. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com
If the Americans were fighting in the battle the M1 Garand was there also. In the pacific and European theatre they were used in every battle America was in in the second world war. While the above is generally true regarding the European theatre, but at the outbreak of the war, there were several units which still had not fielded the Garand yet, particularly in the Marine Corps. The first battles in the Pacific saw units armed primarily with the Springfield M1903, rather than the Garand.
France provided the weapons for the first American units.
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Yes, but not as organised units. Carriers, Cruisers and Battleships all had Marine Detachments. There were individual members of the OSS, and members of various staffs. No major units, barracks or commands served in the European Theatre.
Certainly. The African-American Units in the Pacific were among the most distinguished in the American Armed Forces. The Tuskegee Airmen (an all-black Air Force Brigade that fought in the Pacific) were one of the most heroic groups of American Soldiers in the War II.
If the Americans were fighting in the battle the M1 Garand was there also. In the pacific and European theatre they were used in every battle America was in in the second world war. While the above is generally true regarding the European theatre, but at the outbreak of the war, there were several units which still had not fielded the Garand yet, particularly in the Marine Corps. The first battles in the Pacific saw units armed primarily with the Springfield M1903, rather than the Garand.
The people who spoke the various and incredibly diverse Native American languages were pretty much everyone in the Americas prior to European colonization. Thus, I'm assuming you mean WINDtalkers. In that case, the Wind Talkers were Navajo/Dineh tribesmen who had been recruited in order to speak in Navajo. They were assigned to various units in the Pacific Theatre and communicated orders and messages between units in Navajo in order to keep it secret from the Japanese. Unlike codes which are based on systems that can be easily decoded, there were no Japanese agents who spoke Navajo. They also had to invent many new words for their language, such as "metal fish" for submarine. See the film with Nicholas Cage and Adam Beech - Wind Talkers.
France provided the weapons for the first American units.
Douglas MacArthur
They served in units with other Canadians, fought in every Theatre in which Canadian.
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The Allies divided the world into Theaters of Operations, of which there were two in the Pacific, the Central Pacific Theater and the Southwest Pacific Theater. There was also a China-Burma-India Theater. US Army General Douglas MacArthur was commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater. US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded the Central Pacific, and he was also commander of the US Pacific Fleet. Nimitz usually had the six divisions of US Marines, and Army troops as well under his command, plus US Army Air Force units. British General Lord Louis Mountbatten commanded the China-Burma-India Theater.
Fighting Factions in the American Revolution For independence of the colonies: * Continental Army, local militias, & numerous individual citizens * a few Native American tribes * France & Spain For continued colonial status under Britain: * The British Army & Navy, supported by German troops, mostly from Hesse. * many Native American tribes * numerous individual citizens, some forming local militias & other fighting units * some slaves of southern planters, who were offered freedom for military service.