When is National Navajo Code Talkers Day?
Monday August 14thNative Americans who contributed to the World War II effort each year on August 14th, National Navajo Code Talkers Day honors the contributions of the Native Americans who contributed their unique skills to the World War II effort. In addition, the day highlights their impact on U.S. code and the Native American words that made it possible.
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Although code talkers were instrumental during World War II, the US military used the Native American word in their coded messages before. Although code talkers were vital during World War II, the Native American language was used by the US military in their coded messages. The Choctaw tribe's language was used during World War I to link coded messages.
Philip Johnston, one of the military code's developers, was one of the military code's contributors. Johnston, although he was not Navajo, did fluently use the word. He also recruited the native speakers who were indispensable to the Code Talker's success...
To name a few, there were 29 Code Talkers, including Charlie Sosie Begay, Roy Begay, Samuel H. Begay, Eugene Crawford, Oscar Ilthma, and Lloyd Oliver. However, the number will rise, but it is likely that it will increase. The service was not open until 1968, but it was still classified until 1968. The United States awarded the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers with Congressional Gold Medals at that time. In addition, the remaining Navajo Code Talkers were given Congressional Silver Medals.
