Code breakers or also known as code talkers were people who used obscure languages as a means of a secret communication during wartime. This was brought up by Phillip Johnston, a civil engineer. He proposed this at the beginning of World War II since he was a war veteran of World War I. As he had experience and knowledge from the devolving code breakers who were Choctaw Indians during Would War I. During war time there was approximately 400-500 Native Americans in the United States Marine Corps, whose jobs were the transmission of these secret tactical messages. A code book was devolved but only seen and learned in a classroom, never on the battlefield. These were a huge help at the front lines during World War II because they could be communicated over telephone and war radios making information travel fast. Lastly at the Battle of Iwo Jima, six code talkers were assigned who sent out and received 800 messages without any errors. Major Howard Connor, 5th Marine Division Officer stated, "Were it not for the Navahos the marines would never have taken Iwo Jima." The Navaho code talkers were commended for their skill, speed and accuracy through out the war. Code talking continued to the Korean war, but ended early in the Vietnam war.
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