Comanche code talkers Code talker

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comanche code-talkers of 4th signal company (u.s. army signal center , ft. gordon)



hugh f. foster jr. s comanche codebook


german authorities knew use of code talkers during world war i, , sent team of thirty anthropologists united states learn native american languages before outbreak of world war ii, task proved difficult because of array of languages , dialects; nonetheless u.s. army, learning of nazi effort, did not implement large-scale code talker program in european theater. fourteen comanche code talkers did take part in invasion of normandy, , continued serve in 4th infantry division in europe. comanche of 4th signal company compiled vocabulary of on 100 code terms using words or phrases in own language. using substitution method similar navajo, comanche code word tank turtle , bomber pregnant airplane , machine gun sewing machine , adolf hitler referred crazy white man . 2 comanche code-talkers assigned each regiment, rest 4th infantry division headquarters. shortly after landing on utah beach on june 6, 1944, comanche began transmitting messages. wounded none killed.


in 1989, french government awarded comanche code-talkers chevalier of national order of merit. on november 30, 1999, united states department of defense presented charles chibitty knowlton award.








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