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Last WW II Mohawk code talker dies at age 94!  

bitchkitty2017 71F
2245 posts
5/30/2019 4:24 am
Last WW II Mohawk code talker dies at age 94!


Story by Jessica Deer for CBC News.

Code Talker? Why such an odd name ?
Louis Levi Oakes used the Mohawk language to encode messages for the Allies Forces ..What does that mean? Some people will remember and some will not ..It was a great contributing factor to WW II sending and receiving messages that were coded in a Native American tongue that allowed Allied forces to send and receive messages so the enemy could not understand...
Louis was one of 17 Mohawks from Akwesasne which straddles the border between Quebec /Ontario and New York State , these Mohawk received code walker training while stationed in Louisiana .Kanien'keha which is the Mohawk language, was one of 33 indigenous languages used during the war to send encoded messages between Allied forces so the enemies could not understand what was being said.
At age 18 Oakes enlisted in the US army and served for six years as a technician fourth grade with company B of the 442nd Signal Battalion he served as a code talker in the South Pacific, New Guinea and the Philippines. Oakes received an honorable discharge on Feb 15th 1946..He then worked as an iron worker in Buffalo , NY and later in life as a highway worker in his community before retiring.
The Code Talkers Recognition Act was signed into law by US President George W Bush in 2008 requiring the secretary of the treasury to strike Congressional Medals in recognition of the dedication and valor of indegenous code talkers of the US Armed Services during WW 1 and WW 11,For his service Oakes was awarded a Silver Star Medal -the third highest Military decoration given in the US for showing gallentry in action against an enemy.
Due to the secrecy of the code talkers involvement in WW 1 little was known about their work and things had to be kept secret because of the delicate nature of it..Oakes never talked about his life as a code talker till about 5 years ago , said his ...it came as a complete surprise to his whole family ..he was asked not to divulge any information when he served so that way there was little chance of information getting out..Oakes funeral will be held Saturday the first of June so the community prepares to honor a great man and vigilant leader...Rip Louis !

bitchkitty2017 71F

5/30/2019 4:25 am

Anyone remember the movie where the Cherokee code talkers were used to encode messages in the Cherokee language ..WW 11?


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5/30/2019 4:45 am

The movie was Windtalkers


bitchkitty2017 71F

5/30/2019 5:58 am

yeah it was good one glad someone remembers ..I am native and i pay close attention to that which i consider important to native culture..thanks


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