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World War Two -- Navajo Code Talkers
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Navajo Code Talkers
The Navajo Code Talkers provided an invaluable service to the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The program was established in September 1942 based on the idea of Mr. Philip Johnson to use the unwritten and complex Navajo language as an unbreakable telephone and radio code. The son of a missionary, Philip Johnson was one of a handful of non-Navajos fluent in the Navajo language. Johnson provided a demonstration to Marine Corps General Clayton B. Vogel proving that Navajo could be encoded, transmitted and decoded swiftly and accurately. General Vogel recommended the recruitment of 200 Navajos for training in the Navajo Code Talkers Program.
Following basic training, the first group of recruits created the Navajo code, developing a dictionary and words for military terms. The program was highly classified.
From 1942 to 1945 the Navajo Code Talkers took part in every Marine Corps assault in the Pacific: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Saipan and Okinawa. Although the Japanese were able to break the United States Army and Army Air Corps codes, they were never able to decipher and crack the Marines’ code.
Because Navajo had potential as a valuable code after World War II, it was many years before the Navajo Code Talkers received recognition for their skill and service. In December 1981 the Navajo Code Talkers were awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the President of the United States. One September 17, 1992, an exhibit in honor of the Navajo Code Talkers was dedicated at the Pentagon.
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