Navajo code talkers

[steveno]

an amazing bunch of men
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7zbJmydYEc[/ame]

 

[ExRanger714]

Yes. Among other things the Burger King in Kayenta, AZ, has (had maybe by now) a display of code-talker uniforms, radios and weapons from WWII. Interesting.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Code Talker Display, Burger King, Kayenta, AZ is still there!
I saw a few months ago.
There’s a pic in the Reservation Dog Thread.

 

[Golddollar]

The Code Talkers are honored on the reverse of the 2016 Sacawagea Golden Dollar coin.

 

[onebadvet]

When I worked at Ft Lauderdale Airport for TSA, three code talkers came though my check point and lane, and it was my honor to thank them for there service, and made sure they processed quickly has possible into the sterile area. I also escorted them to their gate.

 

[Rudi]

A real tribute to the war effort of the USA to use every trick in the book to win. What a great bunch of heroes.

 

[Abbynormal]

What a tremendous idea it was to use a language that was never in written form
and was only taught orally, to become a strategic asset in the Pacific war.

God Bless the Code Talkers. I have nothing but admiration and respect for them!

 

[Watchdog]

Whenever I think of or hear of the Code Talkers, I always try to imagine the expressions on the faces of the Japanese eavesdroppers when they were hearing and trying to decipher the "code" of the language. And the anger of their commanders at their failure to do so. It makes me smile.

 

[Valmet]

Navajo code talkers- very cool history that surprisingly few folks seem to know about.

 

[mod29]

The movie "Windtalkers" from 2002 is all about this.
It stars Nicolas Cage and has plenty of action using .45 ACP pistols, too.
Pretty good movie if you haven't already seen it.

 

[Onomea]

My father was a Marine lieutenant and interpreter of Japanese in the Pacific campaign. One of his stories about the experience was about the senior Japanese interpreter, a captain, and a good guy, who enjoyed telling the following story on himself:

The captain was called in to listen to an enemy radio intercept and translate it. He dutifully did this, struggling a bit, but handing in his written summary of what the enemy conversation was about.

It later turned out that the enemy radio intercept was actually an intercept of some of our side’s Navajo code talkers...

 

[Targets Guy]

My brother played on a high school football team in the late 50's. One of their opponents was Tama High School. They had a large number of Meskwaki Indians on their team.

They never had to huddle. QB just shouted out the instructions and they executed the play. No one from our side understood Sioux.

They had some good years and were the power in the conference until they grew in size and went to a higher classification.