Natives used these as examples of ways of reforming federal Native American policies. The Marshall plan and the Four Points were developed to give aid to Europe and secure allies in Latina America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Native Americans used these plans as key points in their fight against termination. The Cold War experiences of African Americans and Native Americans mirrored each other in many ways, but Natives had an entirely different fight then blacks due to termination policies, the actual fact that Native Americans are the true inhabitants of this land and the hundreds of treaties between the United States and Native tribes that a Crow politician, Robert Yellowtail, called the "sacred covenants" of American history. A man named D'Acry McNickle stated that the solution to the "indian problem " was reservation no termination. He said that Four Point funding would allow Native Americans the responsibility to administer aid, instead of being regulated by programs designed by non-Native Americans. Native Americans played a big role in WWII. They purchased war bonds and signed up for army service at the same rate of other American ethnic groups. Around twenty five thousand Native Americans served in the army along with eight hundred women. Tribes also gave up land for shooting ranges and other military needs. The Navajo code talkers were a key role in major battle in the Pacific. The Navajo were enlisted in the army and translated many important messages over radio code that was never deciphered until the 1960's when the United States disclosed information about the war. Native American used these feelings of WWI and the Cold War to fight termination and defend their identities which were both and American and Indian. A Zuni veteran of World War II and the Korean War argued termination policies and stated to a congressional committee, "Gentlemen, this is supposed to be a land of freedom.