History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1679 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Code Talkers
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The idea
Native American Marines served as code talkers in the Pacific, using their languages at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu and Iwo Jima.
In practice
Speakers from fourteen tribes, the Yawp notes, though the Navajo are the best known.
Where people slip
The anchor counts forty-four thousand Native Americans in service; the Yawp gives over twenty thousand.
Your place on the trail
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