Tuskegee Airmen During World War II in a segregated military the Tuskegee Airmen distinguished themselves among aviators These AfricanAmerican aviators flew as fighter escort and protection on bombing runs Their record of over 200 combat missions without losing a single bomber shows why they ID: 205330
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Tuskegee Airmen & Navajo Code TalkersSlide2
Tuskegee Airmen
During World War II, in a segregated military, the Tuskegee Airmen distinguished themselves among aviators. These African-American aviators flew as fighter escort and protection on bombing runs. Their record of over 200 combat missions without losing a single bomber shows why they were respected by the American military and feared by the enemy.
Short History of the Tuskegee Airmen
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Tuskegee Airmen
996
pilots and more than 15,000 ground personnel who served with the all-black
units
Earned
over 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses for their achievements.
T
he
Tuskegee Airmen helped pave the way for the eventual integration of the U.S. armed forces under President Harry Truman in 1948
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Airman Luther SmithSlide4
Red Tails TrailerSlide5
Navajo Code: How it works
The Navajo Code uses a combination of
acronyms
and word
replacements
.
Plain text when
encrypted
could be spelled out in
English
and for each
letter
acronyms would be used.
Most commonly used
military
terms and key subjects would be with a
symbolic
word.
Navajo Code Talkers WWIISlide6
For example
If the plain text is ‘Drop.’ It would be translated into English cipher text first:
D -> Deer
R -> Rabbit
O -> Owl
P -> PantSlide7
Those words would now be translated into Navajo:
Deer = BE
Rabbit = GAH
Owl = NE-AHS-JAH
Pant = CLA-GI-AIH
The resulting transmission:
BE GAH NE-AHS-JAH CLA-GI-AIHSlide8
Replacing Entire Words
Not all words are transmitted in such a way.
Entire words are replaced with Navajo words that have a different literal meaning.
Since it is a
spoken
language and it does not have words that directly correspond to modern
warfare
and military terms, words in the
traditional
language are used to represent
modern
terms and names.
For example:
'tank' would be referred to as a
'turtle‘
'submarine' would be referred to as
'iron fish'
'bombs' (carried on aircraft) would be called
'eggs'
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Encode a Message
With a partner, write out a sentence using 8-12 words relating in some way to WWII.
Note that there are no numbers in the dictionary, so they would have to be spelled out.
Names of people would also have to be spelled out.
Now encode your message, using one line per word and using the alphabet for any words not in the dictionary.