#Navajo Code Talkers & the Unbreakable Code
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#Navajo recruits began developing the code by taking words from their language & applying them to implements of war.
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The initial #Navajo code consisted of 211 vocabulary terms, which expanded to 411 over the course of the war.
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Code Talkers were used in every major @USMC operation in Pacific theater. Primary job: transmit tactical info over telephone & radio.
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Battle of Iwo Jima: 6 #Navajo Code Talkers operated continuously & sent more than 800 messages - all transmitted without error.
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During the course of the war, ~400 Navajos participated in code talker program.
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