Thank you.
Truly amazing what those guys did.
Yep, many thanks from here too
Indeed, a thanks well deserved.
Thank You
Eubonics will be the next code talker language.
To the Navajo Code Talkers:
Gentlemen, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. God bless you and your patriotism, and I pray sincerely that America always remembers your selfless service to Freedom and the Republic.
God Bless and thank you
Thanks for alerting us to this. Thank you Code Talkers for your great service in the defense of our republic.
I live in Arizona and have made many trips across the reservation thru Tuba City and Kayenta. I am always moved by the signs and memorials along the way. Their land use to be so remote, and their lives so severe. Their loyalty to America is amazing. Like the desolate land they live on, they gave so much without nearly the reward they deserved.
Several tribes were represented by code talkers. in wwI, the Cherokee and Choctaw were represented, even before they were ‘citizens’ or allowed to vote.
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http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2008_cr/hr4544.html
During the Second Battle of the Somme in September of 1918, and later
during the Meuse-Argonne campaign in the waning days of the war,
Cherokee and Choctaw natives used their own language to communicate
tactical information. Since their languages were not related to any
European language, the Germans intercepting it were baffled, even
though the code itself was rather simple—a tank was a turtle, for
example.
Again, in the Second World War, Native Americans signed up in large
numbers to fight in both Europe and in the Pacific theater. The best
known of these were the Navajos, who worked with the Marines in the
Pacific. But considering both wars, code talkers came from as many as
17 different tribes.
It is estimated that 12,000
Native Americans served in our Armed Forces during World War I and over
45,000 bravely fought during World War II. Among those was a small band
of Choctaw Indians that were the beginning of what would become the
Native American Code Talkers.
CODE TALKERS RECOGNITION ACT OF 2008
Many thanks from the son of a World War II vet.
Thank you for helping us all.
Thank you Code Talkers!
There is a nice article on Wiki if anyone is interested.
True patriots. Still were 20 years later, had at least 5 Navajos and other Native Americans in my bootcamp squad at MCRD San Diego. They volunteered knowing they would likely end up in Viet Nam.
Thank you - true heroes - Unsung for so long.
I grew up in Gallup, NM which is a stone’s throw from the Navajo Indian Reservation. Their language is very hard to understand. Most of the old ones who still speak Navajo will be gone in another decade or two at most, and the Navajo language will all be gone too. Replaced by English.
We lost two more of the Code Talkers this year. There’s not many of them left either.
I lost three uncles in the Bataan Death March, so I really appreciate what those brave Code Talkers did for our surviving troops!
Many Navajos serve in our military today! God Bless them all for their service to America!