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Navajo Code Talkers During World War II

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During World War II, United States Marines who fought in the Pacific possessed a powerful weapon that was also unbeatable: Navajo Code Talkers. Creating a secret code, Code Talkers sent and were translating vital military information. Four hundred twenty Navajos memorized the code and it was used by them. It consisted of both common Navajo and there were also about 400 invented words. For example, Code Talkers used the Navajo words for owl, chicken hawk, and swallow to describe different kinds of aircraft. Because Navajo is a complex language that is also uncommon, the Japanese military could not break the code. Although Code Talkers helped the Allied Forces win the war, their efforts were not publicly recognized until the code was declassified
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