Battle of Okinawa In Pictures

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PFC Samuel Sandoval, a member of the III Amphibious Corps Signal Battalion on Okinawa in 1945. Between 400-500 Native American “code talkers” served in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. Their job was primarily to transmit secret tactical messages by using a coded language. This coded language was built upon their native languages and sent over military telephone or radios.