Navajo Code Talkers
The unbreakable code
World Wars
The importance of coding systems in communications
WWI : the emergence of Code Talkers
WWI
- using Native Americans who were fluent in both their traditional language and in English to send secret messages in battle
- Cherokee, Choctaw, and Comanche
Code Talker
Philip Johnston
Philip Johnston
- Son of a missionary to the Navajos
- WWI veteran
- One of the few non-Navajo speaker
- Pioneer in the development of Navajo code
Philip Johnston
The Navajo
The Navajo language
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted
- Unwritten language of extreme complexity
- Spoken only on the Navajo lands
Use and recognition
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted
Battle of Iwo Jima
Congressional Gold Medal Awarded to the Code Talkers