Code Talkers
Code Talkers are people in the 20th century who used obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime. The term is now usually associated with the United States soldiers during the World Wars who used their knowledge of Native languages as a basis to transmit coded messages. In particular, there were approximately 400–500 Native Americans in the Marines whose primary job was the transmission of secret messages. Code talkers transmitted these messages over military telephone or radio communications nets using formal or informally developed codes built upon their language. They improved secret messages.
The name code talkers is also associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in communications units in the Pacific. Code talking was also used during WWI.
The name code talkers is also associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in communications units in the Pacific. Code talking was also used during WWI.