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Code Talkers date back to 1917
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Oklahoma, USA (NewsOK): In 1917, when US troops entered World War I, 15 Choctaw soldiers in the 36th Division used their native language to communicate between units and avoid eavesdropping by the Germans. The effort was so successful that in 1940, before the US entered World War II, the Army recruited 17 Comanches from Oklahoma to develop a code based on the Comanche language. That led to the famous "Code Talkers," American Indians who played major battlefield communication roles during World War II.
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