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Known as Navajo Code Talkers
It is a great American story that is still largely unknown. A small group of young Navajo men answered the call of duty, created an unbreakable code from the ancient language of their people and in the process became great warriors and patriots. Their code played a roll in saving countless lives and hastened the end of World War II. They served with distinction in every major engagement in the Pacific theater from 1942 to 1945.

How it all began
During the first few months of the war, Japanese intelligence experts broke every code the U.S. forces came up with. With many fluent English speakers at their disposal, they were able to sabotage messages and ambush Allied troups. To combat this, increasingly complex codes were created. At Guadalcanal, military leaders finally complained that sending and receiving these codes required hours of encryption and decryption. It could take up to two and a half hours for a single message. Clearly a better way to communicate was urgently needed. When he learned about it, Phillip Johnston, a civilian living in California, had the answer. As the son of a Protestant missionary, he had grown up on the Navajo reservation and was one of only a few outsiders fluent in the difficult Navajo language. Since it had no alphabet and was almost impossible to master without early exposure, it had great potential as an indecipherable code. After impressing top commanders with a demonstration, he was given permission to begin a Code Talker test program. An elite unit of 29 Navajo Code Talkers, recruited by Johnston, was formed in early 1942. Although the code was modified and expanded throughout the war, this first group was the one to conceive it. They are often reverently refered to as the "original 29". Most lacked birth certificates, so it was impossible to verify ages. After the war, it was discovered that the recruits were as young as 15 and as old as 35.

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