The term code talker was coined by the United States Marine Corps and used to identify individuals who completed the special training required to qualify as code talkers. Their service …

Nov 6, 2008 · During World War II, the Marine Corps used one of the thousands of languages spoken in the world to create an unbreakable code: Navajo. World War II wasn’t the first time a …

Apr 16, 2020 · Once a Navajo code talker completed his training, he was sent to a Marine unit deployed in the Pacific theater. The code talkers' primary job was to talk, transmitting …

Most people have heard of the famous Navajo (or Diné) code talkers who used their traditional language to transmit secret Allied messages in the Pacific theater of combat during World War II.

They returned home without fanfare to continued poverty, lack of economic opportunity, and nonexistent voting rights yet persevered and overcame obstacles that helped change the …

The history of the Navajo Code Talkers: The Unsung Heroes of World War II, including a video of the last surviving Code Talker, Peter McDonald Sr.

Navajo language speakers were recruited by the Marine Corps during World War II to send secret communications. This guide features a selection of oral histories available online that …

Apr 13, 2024 · During World War II, the Allied powers needed a way to transmit secret messages that enemy troops couldn’t decipher. So, in 1942, the U.S. Marine Corps recruited a group of …

Apr 3, 2025 · The Navajo code talkers played a pivotal role in World War II by providing the United States military with an unbreakable communication system. These Native American …

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers and what did they do? In 1942, 29 Navajo marines (known as ‘the Original 29’) encrypted their Native language to provide fast and secure communications …