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Irish_Dem

(71,135 posts)
8. Oh no, they directly helped win the war.
Mon Mar 17, 2025, 03:55 PM
Mar 2025

The enemy could not break the Code Talkers code.

They were obviously in great danger from the enemy who
wanted to kill them or capture them to get the code.

This is so very wrong to delete them.

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MSN link to disappearing Navaho code talkers... NotHardly Mar 2025 #1
Did you have that up earlier? I searched (not a whole lot, though) and did not find it. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 #5
This behavior is deplorable and shameful! NotHardly Mar 2025 #47
We're all about to get disappeared. MMW. NotHardly Mar 2025 #2
THAT does it🤬 This whole assault on our history has got to stop. Don't tell me there's not a way. Deuxcents Mar 2025 #3
Yes Sir gilligan Mar 2025 #23
and THANKS for helping win. elleng Mar 2025 #63
There isn't a word strong enough to describe BlueKota Mar 2025 #4
No, there isn't (from me too.) elleng Mar 2025 #64
The racism and erasure are insane Easterncedar Mar 2025 #6
You got to be kidding LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #7
Oh no, they directly helped win the war. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #8
They were also in danger from friendly fire, as their First Nations features (or "insufficiently 'American-looking' Aristus Mar 2025 #14
Yes in the Pacific this was the case. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #17
Their ancestors were here originally !!!!!!!!!!!!!! DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #53
The fascists believe everything belongs to them. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #65
These MAGA are Nazis. Code breakers wrecked their war against the world. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #67
Yes anyone who fought the Nazis in WWII will be deleted and denigrated. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #76
I guess the Navaho Nation isn't, "American," enough for them Bayard Mar 2025 #9
Code Talkers were all over Europe too, starting with D Day. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #10
KnR. also 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Hekate Mar 2025 #11
It's been a dream of people like the Birchers moniss Mar 2025 #12
Kochs are rot on this earth Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #37
Here are some Pine Ridge vets and Minnie Spotted Wolf (Blackfoot), and I guess they've been disappeared as well Leghorn21 Mar 2025 #13
From the "you can't erase history" people IronLionZion Mar 2025 #15
I'm ashamed of our nation. I'm angry that these authoritarian lies are enabled. BadgerMom Mar 2025 #16
Adolf Hitler was "Po'sa taiboo" -- "Crazy White Man" - see, that wouldn't work now muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 #18
How disgusting. Tell me who, except those who want to kill, will join the armed services now? sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #19
The use of "Dine bizaad" was one of the most clever means of cryptography deployed in World War 2 cojoel Mar 2025 #20
Kick for exposure Demovictory9 Mar 2025 #21
I expect very soon to see the announcement that all women aviators in the U.S. military are grounded. flashman13 Mar 2025 #22
K & R for exposure SunSeeker Mar 2025 #24
This administration and it's supporters need corrective therapy orangecrush Mar 2025 #25
No, they need jail time, but, republianmushroom Mar 2025 #31
I am so disgusted. pandr32 Mar 2025 #26
Evil fuckers. SamKnause Mar 2025 #27
Those who control the past control the future central scrutinizer Mar 2025 #72
The inscription above the west entrance of the Norlin Library (University of Coloado) is inscribed... Harker Mar 2025 #78
💔💔💔 ultralite001 Mar 2025 #28
Ira Hayes Kev80 Mar 2025 #29
Ira Hayes was not Navajo. He was "Pima," or as they call themselves "Akimel o'Odham" which means River People AZLD4Candidate Mar 2025 #40
Wasn't Tillman killed in a 'friendly fire' incident? RazorbackExpat Mar 2025 #80
yes and yes. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2025 #81
SHAME, this is unforgivable. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #30
This is out and out racism. And probably illegal. Way beyond dei. scipan Mar 2025 #32
yes, way beyond DEI markie Mar 2025 #43
DEI is a dogwhistle from the right a lot like the word 'woke' AZProgressive Mar 2025 #48
Washington and Lee Marvin Jones Mar 2025 #33
How Un-American can you be then to try to remove the STORY of those heroes, the Code Talkers? Botany Mar 2025 #34
Germans could not translate their language. This is important history. Monsieur_Grumpe Mar 2025 #35
It wasn't just the language jmowreader Mar 2025 #38
The Japanese. Navajo were in the Pacific Theater AZLD4Candidate Mar 2025 #41
No words, just disgusted. Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #36
What do they have to do with DEI? Butterflylady Mar 2025 #39
They were not white. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2025 #46
Attention Veterans! damifino10 Mar 2025 #42
I hope there is a legacy server somewhere with all this deleted info. pfitz59 Mar 2025 #44
This may be where the WayBack machine is our REAL friend! nt slightlv Mar 2025 #52
Whites only Johnny2X2X Mar 2025 #45
Does this mean all the cowboy and Indian movies will be purged,also? BattleRow Mar 2025 #49
White History decade... no, century... no, eternity... Godot51 Mar 2025 #50
Anti-inclusion means exclusion. Marcuse Mar 2025 #51
Insult, after injury, after insult, after.... Shame on all the acknowledgements disappearing! electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #54
Hey TSF, come on out here and try to take THIS down... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2025 #55
This.................. turbinetree Mar 2025 #57
Next 3auld6phart Mar 2025 #56
Trump acts while Congress sleeps. phxjurist Mar 2025 #58
Trump is the biggest LOSER /HATER on this planet dai13sy Mar 2025 #59
Anti-DEI means only White Males ... aggiesal Mar 2025 #60
The 442nd RCT also was taken down but... bluestateboomer Mar 2025 #61
They were critical to securing America's victory at Iwo Jima. elleng Mar 2025 #62
Evil Racist Fascists control our government Martin Eden Mar 2025 #66
DEI my ass. hadEnuf Mar 2025 #68
I imagine the Tuskegee Airmen won't be far behind. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2025 #69
They already tried once Jarqui Mar 2025 #70
Despicable but Jarqui Mar 2025 #71
SO DOES ABOLISHING "DEI" mean no other accomplishments Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2025 #73
What a great post, fabulous insight, well written Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2025 #79
If it wasn't for these guys, WE'D all be speaking German or Japanese. Get your shit together. LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #74
This is veteran Thomas Begay, one of the last two living Navajo Code Talkers from World War II LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #75
New Name for the Gulf of Mexico LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #77
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