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When were Code Talkers first used?

What is the U.S. Marine Corps began using Navajo code talkers in May 1942? (Britannica)

100

What word meaning ant in the Navajo Language stands for the letter A in English?

What is wo-la-chee? (American Indian Code Talkers)

100

How did Code Talkers Contribute to World War II

What is they transmitted sensitive wartime messages by speaking their native languages, in effect using them as a code? (Britannica)

100

When did Code Talkers get their Congressional gold medals

What is in 2001? (Britannica)

200

How many military divisions were the Navajo apart of?

What is they served in all of the marine divisions and took part in their major campaigns? (Britannica)

200

What word meaning Iron Fish in Navajo was used to describe a submarine?

What is besh-lo? (American Indian Code Talkers)

200

How many messages did the Code Talkers transmit while at Iwo Jima?

What is During the nearly month-long battle for Iwo Jima, for example, six Navajo Code Talker Marines successfully transmitted more than 800 messages without error? (Paris)

200

Do the Navajo people have an alphabet?

What is no? (Britannica)

300

What was the first military division to use Navajo Code Talkers?

What is the US Army was the first branch of the military that began recruiting code talkers from places like Oklahoma in 1940? (Britannica)

300

How many words did the Navajo Code Talkers have in their dictionary?

What is 411? (American Indian Code Talkers)

300

How were the Code Talkers faster at transmitting messages than code breaking machines?

What is this system enabled the Code Talkers to translate three lines of English in 20 seconds, not 30 minutes as was common with existing code-breaking machines. (Paris)

300

Who had the idea to use Code Talkers in World War II?

What is Philip Johnston? (Britannica)

400

When were Code Talkers first used?

What is the first known official use of code talkers occurred late in World War I. In October 1918 eight Choctaw men serving for the U.S. in France were put to use as telephone communicators during the battles of the Meuse- Argonnez? (Britannica)


400

How did the language work?

What is the code primarily used word association by assigning a Navajo word to key phrases and military tactics? (Paris)

400

Did the Navajo's help win the war against Japan?

What is the Navajo Code Talkers had a big impact on the United States, which includes winning the war against the Japanese in the Pacific theater? (Silversmith)

400

How many Code Talkers were in a group?

What is most Code Talkers were assigned in pairs to a military unit? (The National World War II Museum New Orleans)

500

How many Navajo people were selected to join the Marines first?

What is 29? (The National World War II Museum New Orleans)

500

What was the word used for a tank in the Navajo language?

What is chay-da-dahi?

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What branch of military said that the Navajo's were critical to battle of Iwo Jima?

What is Marine leadership noted after the battle that the Code Talkers were critical to the victory at Iwo Jima? (Silversmith)

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When did the Navajo Code Talkers begin their training?

What is May 5, 1942? (Silversmith)

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