Presume this was a Navajo. RIP and thanks.
Most people are unaware that there was a very small
group of Comanche 'code talkers' in the ETO, not
formally organized as such but taken in hand by
the officer in command of the JASCO in which they
served. He had heard that the Germans were tapping
into the field telephone nets, so organized the 14
Comanche into an ad hoc 'code talker' unit.
That JASCO was in support of the 4thID at Utah Beach.
The first Code Talker message sent was that the
landing was successful, but in the wrong place.
For a short summary: comanchemuseum.com/code_talkers
They developed a vocabulary of about 250 words in
Comanche for terms such as 'tank' (turtle), 'plane'
(bird) and 'bomber' (pregnant bird).
All these men had normal comm jobs (wiremen, switch-
board, radio op, etc) and were called in for 'code
talk' when necessary, so most of the time they were
'normal' communicators.
The officer who developed the group served as the
OIC of MilComm in Viet Nam in the early days and
retired as a BG.
That is an interesting fact, I know I was unaware of …