Navajo Code Talkers Break 60 Years of Silence

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

[The Shifted Librarian]