Subj : Re: Code talkers
To   : Bob Ackley
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Tue Jul 30 2019 01:40:00

 -=> On 07-29-19  17:10,  Bob Ackley <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Code talkers <=-

 BA> If you're into this sort of thing, a fellow named David Kahn wrote a 
 BA> book on the subject back in the 1970s, updated in the 1990s, 
 BA> titled "The Codebreakers."  I found it a very good read, but then I
 BA> was  into that sort of thing back then.  Still have the books, though.

Yes, I have that book.  He has a few words about the codetalkers (pg.
550 et al).  Here is a bit more info on the subject:

https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/museum/exhibits/#code_talkers

World War 2: Native American Code Talkers

This exhibit displays the critical work of Native American Code Talkers
during World War II. Having suffered losses in the First World War as a
result of the Germans listening to U.S. communications, the commander of
the U.S. Army's 142nd Infantry Regiment found a solution. Captain
Lawrence overheard two Choctaws speaking in their own language. He
arranged for them to become radio communicators. They used common words
to replace military terms and spoke Choctaw, thus becoming the first
Code Talkers. On October 26, 1918, in northern France's Argonne Forest,
the Choctaws' communications resulted in a completely successful
surprise attack against the Germans. The Army continued the program and
during World War II recruited Comanches, Choctaws, Kiowas, Winnebagos,
Seminoles, Navajos, Hopis, Cherokees, and others. The Marine Corps took
the Army work and codified, expanded, refined and perfected it into a
true security discipline, using Navajos exclusively.


                               Dale Shipp
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