What is National Navajo Code Talkers Day?
Each year, National Navajo Code Talkers Day honors the contributions of the Native Americans who contributed their unique skills to the World War II effort. The day also highlights the day's contributions to U.S. code and the Native American language that made it possible.
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Before, code talkers were instrumental in World War II, the United States military used the Native American word in their coded messages before. Although code talkers were vital during World War II, the Native American word was used by the US military in their coded messages. The Choctaw tribe's language was called upon during World War I to link coded messages.
Philip Johnston, one of the military code's designers, was one of the code's contributors. Although Johnston was not Navajo, he did speak the language fluently. He also recruited the native speakers who were indispensable to the Code Talker's success..
Initially, there were 29 Code Talkers, including Charlie Sosie Begay, Roy Begay, Samuel H. Begay, Eugene Crawford, Oscar Ilthma, and Lloyd Oliver to name a few. However, the number will increase as a result of the increase. The service was still classified until 1968. At that time, the United States awarded the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers with Congressional Gold Medals. In addition,, the remaining Navajo Code Talkers were awarded Congressional Silver Medals.
