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The Navajo oral traditions of storytelling and memorization
helped create an unbreakable code used for communication in World War II,
which led the United States to victory
in the Pacific Theater.

Swearing in of the first 29 Code Talkers, Fort Wingate, NM, National Archives.gov.

"We, the Navajo people, were very fortunate to contribute our language as a code for our country's victory. For this I strongly recommend we teach our children the language our ancestors were blessed with at the beginning of time. It is very sacred and represents the power of life."

~ Kee Etsicitty Code Talker, 3rd Division

Private Henry Bahe Jr., Private Jimmie King, and Private Ray Dale at Camp Pendleton, California, 1942, Smithsonian Institute.

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The Navajo oral traditions of storytelling and memorizationhelped create an unbreakable code used for communication in World War II,which led the United States to victoryin the Pacific Theater.

The Navajo oral traditions of storytelling and memorization
helped create an unbreakable code used for communication in World War II,
which led the United States to victory
in the Pacific Theater.