What is National Navajo Code Talkers Day?
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. The day also 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 United States military used the Native American word in their coded messages before. Although code talkers were vital during World War II, the United States military used the Native American word in their coded messages. The Choctaw tribe's language was called upon to link coded messages during World War I.
Philip Johnston, one of the military code's contributors, was one of the military code's developers. Johnston did not speak the language fluently while he was not Navajo. 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 will 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.
