Navajo Code Talkers Break 60 Years of Silence
“Their tale begins in 1942. After discovering that U.S. military codes were routinely deciphered by the Japanese, Philip Johnston, a World War I veteran and son of missionaries to Navajo country, suggested devising a system from the ancient language that few Navajos had ever bothered to write down… [USA Today]
Links for further information about the Navajo code:
- Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet
- Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary
- The Navajo Code Talkers
- Navajo Code Talker GI Joe Figure