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Examples of code words include the Navajo word for buzzard, jeeshóóʼ, which was used for bomber, while the code word used for submarine, béésh łóóʼ, meant iron fish in Navajo. [51] The last of the original 29 Navajo code talkers who developed the code, Chester Nez, died on June 4, 2014. [52]
Philip Johnston (September 14, 1892, in Topeka, Kansas – September 11, 1978, in San Diego, California) [1] was an American civil engineer who is credited with proposing the idea of using the Navajo language as a Navajo code to be used in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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The Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code during World War 2. Here are some important facts to know about the Code Talkers.
Kenji Kawano has been photographing the Navajo code talkers, America's secret weapon during WWII, for 50 years. It all started in 1975 with a chance encounter that would take over his life.
Oct. 20—John Kinsel Sr. sat in the front row for the photo, on the far right side. It was 1942, and he was a fresh-faced teenager, having graduated from St. Catherine Indian School in Santa Fe ...
He was among the original 29 Navajo code talkers who devised the original code. During the war, he served in battles at Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tarawa, and Tinian. [1] Brown trained as a welder and was a master carpenter as well as a cabinetmaker. [1] He served as a member of the Navajo Tribal Council from 1962 to 1982.
Nez kept his decision to enlist from his family. He and 28 other Navajos formed Recruit Training Platoon 382 at Marine Corps Base San Diego in May 1942. The 29 who graduated from boot camp, including Nez, were then assigned to the Camp Elliot, California, where they were tasked with creating a code for secure voice tactical (battlefield) communications.