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The Navajo Code Talkers During The Vietnam War

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Code Talkers
Code Talkers were the most perplexing thing to understand back then. The japanese had codes so their opponents were challenged and gaven a good fight. Japanese had their own codes to confuse their enemy. The japanese were taught in the U.S where they learned to speak english and also that’s where they became familiar with things like American colloquialisms. They also got to learn profanity and slang terms. Then, the Americans needed Navajos help during the World War 2. The Navajos had a unique way of communication. Cherokee and Choctaw indians were in control of it, like it originally started from there. The specific type of communication was first used in Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California. The code talkers were mainly Marines, like they studied when they were in the Marines then got some idea about it. They were code talkers because they had skill, speed, and accuracy. They met in the U.S to discuss this code. The code had lasted in the Korean War and ended early in the Vietnam War.

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Navajos knew that they had to be tested and then retested because they knew that they couldn't make no mistakes and they had to be clear, their efficiency really mattered during this case because little did they know that one mistake can lead to more, and they wanted to be efficient so that the others can hear clear and they know what’s going on.They had an advantage on having the ability for their opponent to be clueless and not knowing their plan. Navajo has a unique plan and now they can attack whenever and hesitate their opponent. Navajo could get their opponent stressed knowing that their opponent can’t get a clue on when Navajo would attack. Navajo had impacted their opponent by having the communication hidden. It messes up their opponent and now the opponent has to do more work and be stressed about when they're going to get

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