Who were the Choctaw code talkers?
Long before the days of the Second World War and America’s historic use of Navajo Code Talkers, there was a group of eight men who helped shape the end of the First World War. These eight men were of the Choctaw nation and their use was a spur of the moment thing by a company commander, Captain Lawrence. The Germans at the time were making a final big push in the Argonne area and things were not looking good for the Allies. It had been discovered that the Germans had not only broken the American radio codes but also tapped the telephone lines. To make matters worse, they were able to consistently capture 25% of the messengers who ran between the various companies on the battlefield.