Navajo Code Talkers

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:military
World War II personnel
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Congressional_Silver_Medal
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:codeBasedOn gptkb:Navajo_language
gptkbp:codeWas never broken
gptkbp:contributedTo Allied victory in the Pacific
gptkbp:deployment 1942
gptkbp:faced discrimination after war
gptkbp:honoredOn gptkb:Navajo_Code_Talkers_Day
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Navajo Code Talkers
gptkbp:language gptkb:Navajo
gptkbp:languageWas classified until 1968
gptkbp:Navajo_Code_Talkers_Day August 14
gptkbp:notableFor transmitting secret tactical messages
creating unbreakable code
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Peter_MacDonald
gptkb:Chester_Nez
gptkb:John_Kinsel_Sr.
gptkbp:numberOfMembers about 400
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Navajo_Nation
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkb:U.S._President
gptkbp:recruitedFrom gptkb:Philip_Johnston
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:National_Museum_of_the_American_Indian
gptkb:Smithsonian_exhibitions
gptkb:U.S._Mint_coin
gptkb:U.S._Postal_Service_stamp
books
documentaries
film 'Windtalkers'
gptkbp:trainer gptkb:Camp_Pendleton
gptkb:Camp_Elliott
Camp Lajolla
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Montford_Point_Marines
gptkb:Navajo_Code_Talkers_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5