Indian Code Talkers Research Paper

My project is the indian code talkers of both world wars. This originated from world war 1 from choctaw and cherokee telephone operators. A us commander started the code talking with having choctaw speak their native tongue to give orders throughout the front. Philip Johnston started the navajo code talkers back in world war two. Reason why he started it he got the idea from the choctaw telephone operators. Even though they didn’t use them that much during world war one but they American forces to win several battles in France. The United States Marine Corps recruited the navajo indians for this task. They all were recruited 1941 and 1942 right after pearl harbor. They progressed to having 400 code talker. Some of the code talkers enlisted …show more content…
During the invasion of Iwo Jima, six Navajo Code Talkers were operating continuously. They sent more than 800 messages. All of the messages were transmitted without error. These were the reasons that the code talkers in both world wars helped to stop the war. Some of the code talkers after the war were nubian, seminole, welsh, wenzhou were some of the indians that help after world war two. Only the Navajo, with more code talkers than all other tribes combined, have become relatively well known, in part due to the Hollywood film “Windtalkers.” They received congressional recognition for their exploits in 2000, whereas the remaining tribes had to wait eight more years until a bill passed praising them for their “dedication and valor.” “Honoring Native American code talkers is long overdue,” the bill admitted. Pursuant to the legislation, a medal ceremony took place in November 2013 in Washington, D.C., with 33 tribes known to have had code-talking members in attendance. “My regret,” said Allen, “is that none of the code talkers were alive from our (Choctaw) nation to see this moment, and none of their children were alive.” This is the end of my