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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016

      #Navajo Code Talkers & the Unbreakable Code #WWII #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nahm http://bit.ly/2f1zGRL pic.twitter.com/VKLJLjdyLP

      18 replies 229 retweets 421 likes
    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      During #WWI, Choctaw language was used for secret tactical messages. It was instrumental in successful surprise attack against Germans #nahm

      15 replies 117 retweets 201 likes
    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      #WWII: #Navajo Marines developed a code from their native language that stumped cryptanalysts. Code protected valuable intelligence. #nahm

      27 replies 187 retweets 373 likes
    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      1942: Philip Johnston read about the military trying to come up w another code using Native American languages. He suggested #Navajo. #nahm

      8 replies 62 retweets 93 likes
    5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      Johnston grew up w missionary parents on a #Navajo reservation. Was asked at age 9 to be interpreter for Navajo delegation sent to DC #nahm

      2 replies 54 retweets 79 likes
    6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      May 1942: first 29 recruited Navajos arrived at Camp Elliott near San Diego. Their first task? Develop a #Navajo code. #nahm

      5 replies 70 retweets 115 likes
    7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      #Navajo language was a perfect option as a code because it was not written & very few people who aren’t of Navajo origin can speak it #nahm

      3 replies 72 retweets 111 likes
    8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      @USMC took the code to the next level & made #Navajo code virtually unbreakable by further encoding the language w word substitution. #nahmpic.twitter.com/0NcBlxCc5A

      1 reply 65 retweets 120 likes
    9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      #Navajo recruits began developing the code by taking words from their language & applying them to implements of war. #nahmpic.twitter.com/EZdywGfvd1

      7 replies 82 retweets 128 likes
    10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
      Replying to @CIA

      The initial #Navajo code consisted of 211 vocabulary terms, which expanded to 411 over the course of the war. #nahm http://bit.ly/2f1v9ih pic.twitter.com/UWBkPttjzs

      12 replies 68 retweets 107 likes
      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016

      Code Talkers were used in every major @USMC operation in Pacific theater. Primary job: transmit tactical info over telephone & radio. #nahmpic.twitter.com/gLEpF2EcdT

      3:23 PM - 16 Nov 2016
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      11 replies 87 retweets 132 likes
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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
          Replying to @CIA

          Battle of Iwo Jima: 6 #Navajo Code Talkers operated continuously & sent more than 800 messages - all transmitted without error. #nahmpic.twitter.com/2v23s2H58i

          7 replies 135 retweets 251 likes
        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 16 Nov 2016
          Replying to @CIA

          During the course of the war, ~400 Navajos participated in code talker program. #nahm #nativeamericanheritagemonth http://bit.ly/2f1zGRL 

          15 replies 113 retweets 197 likes
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        1. Jean-François Viaud‏ @JF_Viaud 31 May 2017
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        1. العملاق أبو صقر‏ @alsabri6669 22 Nov 2016
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        1. Jackie ©️‏ @f1_InvJackie 16 Nov 2016
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