Chester Nez Many people have used secret codes during war, but some codes, code talkers, and soldiers have been extremely creative. By being one of the original 29 code talkers during World War II and helping make the first unbreakable code, Chester Nez created a long lasting impact on the United States and allied nations by leading them to victory. Nez was one of the 29 original Navajo code talkers for the United States during World War II and helped create the first secret code that enemies couldn’t depict. He and the other code talkers spoke in Navajo during the war to communicate without the enemies understanding it (Capstone, N.D.). Enemy armies were able to decode the United States’ secret code, so they had to come up with one that was …show more content…
Chester Nez was innovative because he created the first code that was unable to be broken by enemy armies. Enemy armies were always able to break the United States’ code, so they had to come up with something innovative. The type of code that they made was called double-encryption system code (Capstone, N.D.). Nez and the other code talkers worked together to come up with a new code based on the English alphabet. Bruchac & Amini-Holmes, 2018, p. 14. They had each English letter an animal that it would be referred to as. The code talker would then tell the different animals in Navajo to spell out words that their enemies couldn’t figure out (Capstone, N.D.). He made a long lasting positive impact because he helped lead the United States and their allied nations to victory during WWII. Chester was part of the code talker team for the United States and allied nations. Many Navajos volunteered to join the Marines, but only 29 were chosen. (Bruchac & Amini-Holmes, 2018, p. 11) Their enemies didn’t have code talkers, so they were struggling to be secretive. The 29 code talkers helped plant secret attacks on enemies, which led them to victory (Bruchac & Amini-Holmes, 2018, p. 18). Without the code talkers, the United States and allied nations would not have been able