Last WWII Comanche Code Talker Dies...

RIP, those were/are cool guys...

 

And when he goes to heaven to Saint Peter he will tell "One more Marine reporting Sir, I've served my time in Hell".

Rest In Peace.

 

yep

 

Thats too bad, I remember I thought the movie "Windtalkers" was pretty good. Very smart move to use them too, I think I heard the enemys still dont know what they are saying even today, I could be wrong though.

 

i thought it was the Japaneese that never broke it.

 

I actually think it was both Europe and the Pacific they were used to talk in.

 

Actually......The Navajo were in the pacific and the comanche were in Europe.

 

ahhh ok. Learn something everyday.

 

Good stuff, I somewhat paid attention in History I guess.

 

Very interesting.

Did they simply converse in the language, it being so obscure that the enemy could not decipher it, or did they need to send the language in code as well to add an extra layer of security?

 

IIRC, and that's a big "if," They used words that were translated into english, and the first letter of the english word signified a character in the message.

I saw a documentary on it a while back, my memory of it is a bit fuzzy.

My Grandfather was in the second wave @ Iwo Jima. I have no doubt that these brave men, whose decendants were Americans before America existed had something to so with his safe return home.

Semper Fi.

 

Even the Allies couldn't break it.

 

Wow, I just re-read this post. Of course, I meant their ancestors, not their decendants.

 

God Bless your ancestor, grandfather, and all his contemporaries for what they did at Iwo Jima and everywhere else. If those guys hadn't had the cojones to do what they did, we might not be sitting here F-Chatting now.