94K views · 1.8K reactions | During WWI, the Americans had a wiretapping problem. Enter: the Choctaw Code Talkers. For today's #WarLetterWednesday challenge, we're exploring methods of communication during war. Share your own "tools of the trade" by tagging your letters, photos and video with #WarLetterWednesday! Learn more: bit.ly/WarLetterWednesday. | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

The Code Talkers used native languages to send military messages before World War II. Choctaw, for example, was successfully used during World War I. But the Marine Corps needed an “unbreakable” code for its island-hopping campaign in the Pacific. Navajo, which was unwritten and known by few outside the tribe, seemed to fit the Corps’ requirements. Twenty-nine Navajos were recruited to develop the code in 1942. They took their language and developed a “Type One Code” that assigned a Navajo word

246K views · 10K reactions | During #WWII, Navajo code talkers used their unique, unbreakable language to protect American military communications -- a talent that was especially helpful during the Battle of #IwoJima and throughout the Pacific. On National Navajo Code Talker Day, we honor members of the Navajo Nation and all Native Americans whose vital roles in the war saved countless lives. #HonorThem #KnowYourMil | U.S. Department of War | Facebook

117K views · 7.2K reactions | Today on National Navajo Code Talkers Day, we honor the Navajo people whose language became an unbreakable code in WWII. We also remember the many other Native American and Alaska Native Code Talkers — from tribes across the country — whose voices safeguarded lives and shaped history. Think you can crack the Navajo Code Talkers code?  Learn more here: https://ow.ly/sqeO50WCfAe #ICTnews #NavajoNation #NativePride | Indian Country Today | Facebook