Thanksgiving Day 1942

Ultradog MN · Nov 23, 2017

The Navajo code talkers join the Marines on Guadalcanal.
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scott mcintosh · Nov 23, 2017

The Navajo talkers were very important for communications that the Japanese could not break.Thank you to all that served.Happy Thanksgiving

olgentdc · Nov 23, 2017

thanx for sharing ,,.we were truely blessed to have them work so well for us ,.. Navajo Code was a military secret for over 40 yrs ,. i read with interest all the side stories to your link ,... almost all a extreme salute to the conditions and struggles of the hu,man condition during war ,,.. save for one ,.,. the story of the brits that crash landed safely in the desert ,,promptly getting out of the plane and puncturing?? the fuel tanks to make tea!!'' good gawd ?! that was priority over sending a s-o-s ! , and now it was risky because of all the leaking fuel .. why not remove a fuel line with a wrench ??

steve19438 · Nov 23, 2017

the Army used other tribes in Europe.

47fivewindow · Nov 23, 2017

My Dad who was under Patton in WWII, told us that for secure communications they used two men who had been raised in the same valley in Kentucky. He claimed no American could understand anything they said when they were talking to one another.

pete black · Nov 23, 2017

Thanks, good read. Dad was drafted in May 1943. Christmas 43 was spent in Italy, Christmas 44 was spent in France. Thanks to all veterans, I have spent all my Thanksgivings and Christmas at home.

jeffcat · Nov 23, 2017

One of the chilling things was if you are going to be caught by the enemy. ... they no, WE shoot ya. Top secret.

2x4 · Nov 23, 2017

An English major, in a diner, overheard a couple talking in the most melodious language she'd ever heard but couldn't place it. Curious, she asked them what language they were speaking. The man answered "We from Tennessee.". True story from Readers Digest.

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