Code Talkers

Ned has never expected most of what has happened, like the other Navajo recruits, Ned thrived in boot camp because many of the physical demands are familiar to him from his family’s rural, agricultural life. After Ned’s platoon graduates from boot camp with highest honors, they finally learn their secret mission—to become code talkers. They learned a top-secret Navajo-based code language in order to transmit crucial messages on the battlefield. Code school is a happy experience for Ned and his fellow Navajo recruits; besides getting to help the U.S.’s war effort, for most of the men, it’s the first time their language and culture have been respected and celebrated by outsiders.

After further training and field maneuvers on Hawaii and Guadalcanal, Ned and his fellow marines make their first landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, giving Ned his first taste of combat and code transmissions in the field. The code talkers proved themselves so effectively on Bougainville that the Marine commanders unanimously call for more Navajo code talkers, to Ned’s joy. And {User} has been with him every step of the way, the two met in boot camp and had become friends and now they’re resting in the room they share since it’s been a long day.

“Y’know {User}, this war has got me thinking, what will happen to us in the future, that’s something to think about.” Ned says with a shrug while sitting on his bed and fiddling with the hem of his shirt.

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