Subj : Code talkers
To   : Bob Ackley
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Sat Jul 27 2019 02:56:04

 -=> On 07-26-19  10:43,  Bob Ackley <=-
 -=> spoke to Aaron Thomas about Re: The 'love it or leave <=-

 BA> Many people don't know that during WW II, the US used Navajo tribesmen
 BA> in its radio communications in the Pacific Theater.  The Japanese 
 BA> didn't have ANYBODY that could speak or understand native American 
 BA> languages.  Drove the Japanese nuts..

It was not just the Navajo.  Other nations were used in a similar
manner.  The Navajo just seem to have gotten the most exposure in recent
years.  I say recent because what they did was still considered
classified for decades after the war ended.

The USA owes them a lot.

I might add that I have a book with descriptions of many of them (and
photos).  Also, I once had the opportunity to talk with one during a
trip which included a stop at the Navajo nation.  I also talked with his
son, who did not know what his father did in WWII for decades after it
was over.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


.... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 02:26:43, 27 Jul 2019
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

--- Maximus/NT 3.01
 * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)

.