In thanks to the unsung heroes
May 30, 2021 12:16:17 #
In memory of the Navajo Code Talkers -- photo taken in Window Rock, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation.
May 30, 2021 12:17:15 #
newsguygeorge wrote:
In memory of the Navajo Code Talkers -- photo taken in Window Rock, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation.
Great shot of wonderful memorial! Thanx for sharing and caring!
May 30, 2021 13:42:29 #
May 30, 2021 15:55:25 #
Great to spread the word about these men. Unless they live near the Navaho or have seen the movie "Wind Talkers" or one of the history documentaries most people have never really heard anything about them.
I meet one of them long ago when the Elks Lodge I belonged to had a joint event with the local VFW he was a member of. This was the East San Gabriel Valley NE of Los Angeles back in late 80's or early 90's.
I meet one of them long ago when the Elks Lodge I belonged to had a joint event with the local VFW he was a member of. This was the East San Gabriel Valley NE of Los Angeles back in late 80's or early 90's.
May 30, 2021 17:23:46 #
robertjerl wrote:
Great to spread the word about these men. Unless they live near the Navaho or have seen the movie "Wind Talkers" or one of the history documentaries most people have never really heard anything about them.
I meet one of them long ago when the Elks Lodge I belonged to had a joint event with the local VFW he was a member of. This was the East San Gabriel Valley NE of Los Angeles back in late 80's or early 90's.
I meet one of them long ago when the Elks Lodge I belonged to had a joint event with the local VFW he was a member of. This was the East San Gabriel Valley NE of Los Angeles back in late 80's or early 90's.
I met several during my stint as a reporter with the newspaper in Farmington, N.M. I think the last of them on the Navajo Reservation passed a couple of years ago. I have since learned that the Navajo were the first of the code talkers, but later the Cherokee and others joined in the effort. We owe those veterans a great debt. The code was never cracked, by the way.
May 31, 2021 01:42:24 #
newsguygeorge wrote:
I met several during my stint as a reporter with the newspaper in Farmington, N.M. I think the last of them on the Navajo Reservation passed a couple of years ago. I have since learned that the Navajo were the first of the code talkers, but later the Cherokee and others joined in the effort. We owe those veterans a great debt. The code was never cracked, by the way.
I read an account of a few Navaho service members captured by the Japanese and tortured to get them to reveal the code. The Japanese finally gave up when they realized those radio operators were not just speaking Navaho but it really was in "code" so just any Navaho could only tell you the words, not what they meant.
In World War I the 42nd Infantry - a National Guard division formed in New York had a lot guys from China Town in NYC and used them to send orders via telephone line and radio. The Germans had to scramble to find not only Chinese speakers but some who spoke the correct dialects and then they were talking in a simple code in case the Germans were listening or had tapped the phone lines running along the trench lines.
Being a nation of many cultures etc. and a lot immigrants and Native Americans speaking many languages can come in very handy at times.
May 31, 2021 12:14:45 #
Here is an interesting link for anyone seeking interviews from the 2019 living Navajo Code Talkers: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/08/29/navajo-code-talkers-ww-2-names/1940556001/
May 31, 2021 17:52:36 #
newsguygeorge wrote:
In memory of the Navajo Code Talkers -- photo taken in Window Rock, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation.
Amen 🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸
May 31, 2021 19:31:08 #
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