How did the Navajo serve in World War II? O O as code talkers in the Pacific as journalists reporting from the front lines as translators of Japanese codes as scouts who checked troop routes O

History · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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The Navajo served in World War II primarily as code talkers in the Pacific. The United States Marine Corps recruited a group of Navajo men to create an unbreakable code based on the Navajo language, which was used to communicate secret tactical messages over military telephones and radios. The idea behind using the Navajo language was that it is incredibly complex and was at the time unwritten and unknown to outsiders, making it virtually impossible for the enemy to decipher if intercepted. These code talkers played a crucial role in U.S. military victories in the Pacific theater, especially during battles such as Iwo Jima.