HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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300, 000
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3, 000
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300
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Detailed explanation-1: -As of 1945, about 540 Navajos served as Marines. From 375 to 420 of those trained as code talkers; the rest served in other capacities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Navajo Code was only used in the Pacific War. Japanese tried to break the code, but were unsuccessful. USMC tell us that Navajo Code was the only military code, in modern history, never broken by an enemy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Only three are still alive today: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
Detailed explanation-4: -More than 350 people had learned the code by the end of the war. None of the original 29 code talkers who invented the language are still alive. Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original 29, died in 2014.