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Summary Of The Navajo Indian Code Talkers

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Did you know that the navajo indians played a big part in the winning of WWII? Well the Article the Navajo Code Talkers by Andrew Santella, is a perfect way to dig up those old history books! Santella explores the journey the Navajo indians took on their path to the U.S. Marines, as code talkers. American Indians In The United States Army talks about what the navajos indians are going to do when they get out of training. The article What's So Special About Secret Codes by Mary Colson informs the reader about why secret codes are better than messages, and what they are used for. All articles talked about secret codes, but they express how they were used differently, and through different people. In the first article Navajo Code Talkers by Andrew Santella, the authors talks mostly about the recruitment and their training. The author also provides the details to what they are going to be doing when they get in the field. “The first task for any new Marine is …show more content…

It also sheds some light on past history like WWI, WWII, and the French Revolution.” In france during World War I, the 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th division, had a company of Indians who spoke 26 languages and dialect.” That quote shows the reader that the U.S. wasn’t the first people to recruit the indians and use their native language to hide codes. The french had Indians that had spoke 26 languages and that helped the french a lot, so the U.S. Army did the same thing and so did the U.S. Marines. “Many of the code talkers continued in their military careers, serving during the Korean and Vietnam wars.” that shows how the Indians were devoted to their jobs and they wanted to save their motherland. Even though the same people they are fighting with were the people that kicked them off their land, and threw them on a

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