Code Talker

I recently just read a book about the role that the Navajo Native Americans played in the conflict with Japan, this book was really interesting, and I learned a whole lot of cool information that I had never known, and may never have known if I hadn't read this book.

In this book the author describes the role that the Navajo Native Americans played in the conflict against Japan. The Navajos were vital to communicating within the ranks of the U.S. military, they were used as code talkers, and because their language was so different, and so complicated, the Japanese would have absolutely no chance of ever decoding their messages.

The story that I am responding to is told from the perspective of one teenage Navajo boy who is determined to fight for his homeland, even though his homeland is no longer in the hands of his people. The Navajo boy faces many challenges just getting into the army, he is under aged, and very small for his age. But even against the odds the boy is able to get into the army. From there he learns that he along with dozens of other Navajo men have been selected to create, and perform with a code. The code is to be based on the Navajo language, being that it is almost impossible for a non- Navajo to understand it ever.

I think that this book is really interesting, and it probably taught me some of the most interesting non- fiction information I have ever learned from a book. I think it is cool that this secret was kept so well and for so long, and I am amazed that I have never heard of the code talkers being that they were such important individuals.