The term code talker was coined by the United States Marine Corps and used to identify individuals who completed the special training required to qualify as code talkers.

Code talker, any of more than 400 Native American soldiers who transmitted sensitive wartime messages by speaking their native languages, using them as codes. In World War I and …

The first Native code talkers served during World War I, using tribal languages to transmit messages that German eavesdroppers found impossible to decipher. The code talkers of 1918 …

Nov 6, 2008 · From then on, the Code Talkers were used in every major operation involving the Marines in the Pacific theater. Their primary job was to transmit tactical information over …

Most people have heard of the famous Navajo (or Diné) code talkers who used their traditional language to transmit secret Allied messages in the Pacific theater of combat during World War II.

May 29, 2014 · In World War II, the U.S. recruited Native code talkers from several tribes. The Navajo created the most complex system, with over 600 terms, proving vital to Allied success.

Oct 31, 2024 · Code talkers were useful because their languages weren't understood by enemy forces and the code talkers could transmit secret messages to and from the battlefield without …

The Eastern Band Cherokee operated as Code Talkers after a test proved that all Allied communications were being intercepted by German forces. Soon after, men from the Choctaw …

Oct 4, 2016 · Over the course of both wars, the Army and the Marine Corps recruited hundreds of American Indians to become Code Talkers. Records at the National Archives document the …

Committed to helping Nahasdzáán, Mother Earth, and the United States, young Diné men joined the Marines and were selected to become code talkers, not knowing they would be tasked with …