"August 14: National Navajo Code Talkers Day" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	09 Aug 2021 7:00 p.m. PST
In 1942, US military officials visited the Navajo Nation and recruited 29 Navajo men to train as Code Talkers in the Marines. Code Talkers used their tribal language to send secret messages on the battlefield. By the end of the war, more than 400 Navajos were trained as Code Talkers, participating in nearly every major Marine operation in the Pacific Theater. Their code remained unbroken throughout the war, and their contributions helped the United States achieve victory in the Pacific… From Fold3: link
ColCampbell	09 Aug 2021 7:28 p.m. PST
Good day for US residents to fly Old Glory! Jim
Gray Bear	09 Aug 2021 10:15 p.m. PST
Viva Dine!
Choctaw	10 Aug 2021 6:47 a.m. PST
Good for them. We were already doing that in WWI. link
Legion 4	10 Aug 2021 7:53 a.m. PST
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