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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA 15 minute view and read about Code Talkers of WWII and shows a vile, racist trump.
The Native American Code Talkers of World War II and some from WWI helped America win. For their bravery and sacrifice, they got nothing until 1968 from America and America's Presidents. These drafted Native Americans helped confuse an enemy so our troops could perform their duties with less danger. They were rewarded afterward with not being given U.S. Citizenship.
Watch the 12 minute video then please read the tribute to them.
The last paragraph shows a vile trump's true lack of humanity.
The Navajo code talkers received no recognition until 1968 when their operation was declassified.[74] In 1982, the code talkers were given a Certificate of Recognition by US President Ronald Reagan, who also named August 14, 1982 as Navajo Code Talkers Day.[75][76][77][78]
On December 21, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 106554, 114 Statute 2763, which awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the original 29 World War II Navajo code talkers and Silver Medals to each person who qualified as a Navajo code talker (approximately 300). In July 2001, President George W. Bush honored the code talkers by presenting the medals to four surviving original code talkers (the fifth living original code talker was unable to attend) at a ceremony held in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC. Gold medals were presented to the families of the deceased 24 original code talkers.[79][80]
Journalist Patty Talahongva directed and produced a documentary, The Power of Words: Native Languages as Weapons of War, for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2006, bringing to light the story of Hopi code talkers. In 2011, Arizona established April 23, as an annual recognition day for the Hopi code talkers.[8] The Texas Medal of Valor was awarded posthumously to 18 Choctaw code talkers for their World War II service on September 17, 2007, by the Adjutant General of the State of Texas.[81]
The Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008 (Public Law 110420)[82] was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 15, 2008. The Act recognized every Native American code talker who served in the United States military during WWI or WWII (except the already-awarded Navajo) with a Congressional Gold Medal. Approximately 50 tribes were recognized.[83] The act was designed to be distinct for each tribe, with silver duplicates awarded to the individual code talkers or their next-of-kin.[84] As of 2013, 33 tribes have been identified and been honored at a ceremony at Emancipation Hall at the US Capitol Visitor Center. One surviving code talker was present, Edmond Harjo.[85]
On November 27, 2017, three Navajo code talkers, joined by the President of the Navajo Nation, Russell Begaye, appeared with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in an official White House ceremony. They were there to "pay tribute to the contributions of the young Native Americans recruited by the United States military to create top-secret coded messages used to communicate during World War II battles."[86] The executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, Jacqueline Pata, noted that Native Americans have "a very high level of participation in the military and veterans' service." A statement by a Navajo Nation Council Delegate and comments by Pata and Begaye, among others, objected to Trump's remarks during the event, including his use "once again ... [of] the word Pocahontas in a negative way towards a political adversary Elizabeth Warren who claims 'Native American heritage'."[86][87][88] The National Congress of American Indians objected to Trump's use of the name Pocahontas, a historical Native American figure, as a derogatory term.[89]
On March 17, 2025, Axios reported that at least 10 articles pertaining to Native American code talkers had disappeared from U.S. Army and Department of Defense websites. Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot is quoted in response: "As Secretary [Pete] Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. ... We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms
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Norrrm
(5,235 posts)1. Where does Trump intend to deport them? They weren't smart enough to claim bone spurs. More 'losers and suckers'.
Permanut
(8,449 posts)2. Sadistic bastards..