What kind of messages did the Code Talkers send?

Many American Indian Code Talkers in World War II used their everyday tribal languages to convey messages. A message such as “send more ammunition to the front” was just translated into the Native language and sent over the radio. These became known as Type Two Codes.

What Native American language sent secret messages?

Navajo
Most people have heard of the famous Navajo (or Diné) code talkers who used their traditional language to transmit secret Allied messages in the Pacific theater of combat during World War II.

How many Navajo Code Talkers died?

By the end of the war, some 400 Navajos had served as Code Talkers and 13 had been killed in action. The Code Talkers kept their work a secret for decades until the military declassified the program in 1968.

What was ironic about the Code Talkers?

The deeper irony of the Code Talker project was that the U.S. government had tried to assimilate Native American children into white culture through forced attendance at militaristic boarding schools.

How did the Code Talkers come up with words for the code?

The code primarily used word association by assigning a Navajo word to key phrases and military tactics. This system enabled the Code Talkers to translate three lines of English in 20 seconds, not 30 minutes as was common with existing code-breaking machines.

What did the Comanche word Wakaree E mean?

Comanches used the word wakaree’e to name a turtle, and when transferred to code – this was a tank. The Choctaw tribe used the words tushka chipota, which translated to warrior soldier, or just soldier when it came to code.

Were Choctaw first code talkers?

The first code talkers were a group of Choctaws in the 141st, 142d, and 143d Infantry Regiments of the Thirty-sixth Infantry Division in World War I.

Who was the last living code talker?

Today, there are only four survivors: Thomas H. Begay, John Kinsel Jr., Samuel Sandoval and Peter MacDonald Sr., all of them older than 90 years old. Hear from the Navajo Code Talkers Thomas Begay and Peter MacDonald Sr.