Some Navajo were drafted but the Code Talkers were volunteers.
Code Talkers were specially trained in the art of code talking in the language of the Navajo people. As I understand it, most were of Navajo descent but not all.
Navajo Code Talkers
the Marines, actually
The code talkers were native American from the Navajo tribe. They used their native language to send messages that the Japanese couldn't decode or understand.
Most of the Navajo Code Talkers served in the best military branch, The United States Marines. A few served in the Army but not many.
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In US Marine uniforms.
The address of the Navajo Code Talkers Foundation is: Po Box 1266, Window Rock, AZ 86515-1266
It is not known exactly how many of the Native American code talkers perished in World War II but most of them survived. They are mostly dead now from old age.
Were called the Navajo Code Talkers.
As of late 2007, there are less than a handful of the original code talkers left but there are reported to be about 70 living from the 400 or so code talkers who were eventually employed by the government.