Research Papers and Code Talkers

I had a lot of fun writing my research paper. It provided me with a lot of insight on Native American culture. My favorite part of the research was on the Code Talkers. It was really interesting to learn about how the code was created and how it was translated both into the code and out of the code. Here is a message that was translated during WWII, that I found during research (and included in my paper). "Request artillery and tank fire at 123B, Company E moves 50 yards left flank of Company D.” The translation into code would read: “Ask for many big guns and tortoise fire at 123 bear tail, drop Mexican ear mouse owl victor elk 50 yards left flank ocean fish Mexican deer” ("Native Words Native Warriors”). In the code the beginning of each of these letters "mouse owl victor elk" spells 'm-o-v-e'. This was one of the ways the Code Talkers coded their messages.

Interesting facts I learned while researching for my paper:
-Over 420 Navajo's were Code Talkers during WWII (which is probably why the Code Talkers are often referred to as the Navajo Code Talkers)
-Po'sa taiboo means 'crazy white man' and that was code for Hitler during WWII
-Languages used in Code Talker code included: Hopi, Navajo, Lakota, Dakota, Cherokee, Comanche and several others.
-Their were 29 original Code Talkers
-Code Talking first started in WWI when an army officer heard some Choctaw speaking their language, they were then used to create the 'Choctaw Telephone Squad' after army officials became convinced Germans were tapping the lines and intercepting important messages