Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day. Four surviving code talkers were honored in the Navajo Nation's capital. | U.S. Marine Corps

Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr., one of the last living members of the U.S. Marine Corps who used their native language as an impenetrable code during WWII, recently passed away at the age of 107. The practice of employing Native American languages to transmit undecipherable messages began in WWI, when a group of Choctaw soldiers successfully thwarted German reconnaissance using their native tongue. 🪖 THE GREAT WAR is currently streaming on the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel → https:/

During #WWII, Navajo code talkers used their unique, unbreakable language to protect American military communications -- a talent that was especially helpful during the Battle of #IwoJima and throughout the Pacific. On National Navajo Code Talker Day, we honor members of the Navajo Nation and all Native Americans whose vital roles in the war saved countless lives. #HonorThem #KnowYourMil | U.S. Department of War