... during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. A man named Philip Johnston came up with the idea to use the Navajo language as a communication code during World War II. The son of a missionary to the Navajos, Johnston was one of the few non-Navajo people able to fluently speak Navajo, because he'd lived with the Navajos for so many years. Johnston ... served in World War I, and because of that military experience, he completely understood the need for secure, quick and unbreakable modes of communication. There had been previous attempts to use a Native American language as a commu...

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... day do what the British and French had failed to do in two years. (Berton 16). After strategic planning and preparation the Canadian Corps were ready to attack. The British native, Supreme Commander, Julian Byng, guided the plan. He had all 4 Canadian divisions attacking in line, arrayed in 2 numerical order from south to north. Their objective was to try and reach ... 4 years, and Canada was short of myths. Vimy, was Canada's and no one could take that victory away. In the years between the two world wars, every schoolchild, every veteran's son, every immigrant was made aware of it. (B...

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