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20h 55min, feb 1, 1942 y - Creation of the Navajo codetalkers

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On February 1st, 1942, WW1 Veteran Phillip Johnston came up with the idea to have the military use the Navajo language as a military code language. Eventually, he went to Camp Elliot and got his idea greenlit.

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20h 55min, feb 1, 1942 y
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~ 83 years ago