American Indian code talkers from
566 tribes were honored with Congressional Silver Medals at the Capitol, Nov.
20. Also, leaders from the tribes' 33 nations received Congressional Gold
Medals, recognizing the code talkers' important contributions made during the
two world wars.
Most of the code talkers have passed away, so family members were on-hand to accept the awards on their behalf. While many Americans have heard of the Navajo code talkers because of the 2002 action war film "Windtalkers," there actually were code talkers from other nations as well, including the Comanche, Kiowa, Creek, Meskwaki, Chippewa, Choctaw, Cherokee, Lakota, Crow, Sioux, Dakota, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Kiowa, Muscogee, Oglala, Oneida, Osage, Pawnee, Ponca, Pueblo, Seminole, Apache, Cheyenne, Menominee and Mohawk.
It was the job of code talkers to pass along secret or sensitive information on the battlefield via radio so that the enemy wouldn't be able to understand or decipher the transmissions. It is often said the job they did was so effective that their code was never broken.
Most of the code talkers have passed away, so family members were on-hand to accept the awards on their behalf. While many Americans have heard of the Navajo code talkers because of the 2002 action war film "Windtalkers," there actually were code talkers from other nations as well, including the Comanche, Kiowa, Creek, Meskwaki, Chippewa, Choctaw, Cherokee, Lakota, Crow, Sioux, Dakota, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Kiowa, Muscogee, Oglala, Oneida, Osage, Pawnee, Ponca, Pueblo, Seminole, Apache, Cheyenne, Menominee and Mohawk.
It was the job of code talkers to pass along secret or sensitive information on the battlefield via radio so that the enemy wouldn't be able to understand or decipher the transmissions. It is often said the job they did was so effective that their code was never broken.
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