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  1. Philip Johnston (September 14, 1892, in Topeka, Kansas – September 11, 1978, in San Diego, California) [1] was an American civil engineer who is credited with proposing the idea of using the Navajo language as a Navajo code to be used in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

  2. In 1942, Philip Johnston was reading a newspaper article about an armored division in Louisiana that was attempting to come up with another code using Native American languages. Johnston knew the perfect Native American language to utilize in a new, unbreakable code.

  3. Feb 5, 2022 · Philip Johnston, now 52, asked the Marines to appoint him a staff sergeant assigned to the Navajo code talker program. He served with distinction. After returning to the Navajo Navajo to recruit more potential code talkers, Staff Sergeant Philip Johnston USMCR oversaw the training program.

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  4. The Marine Corps needed to secure their radio and telephone communications from Japanese intelligence. In a letter, Mr. Philip Johnston convinced the Commandant of the Marine Corps to use Navajo Indians as radiomen.

  5. Jun 14, 2019 · William Johnston stands with his two sons, David and Philip, who were both raised on the Navajo Nation. In 1896, a missionary by the name of William Johnston moved his family from Kansas to northern Arizona. Johnston and his wife raised four children among the Navajo.

  6. Mr. Johnston, the son of a missionary to the Navajo tribe, was fluent in the language, having lived among the Navajos for 24 years. He believed that the use by the Marine Corps of Navajo as a code language in voice (radio and wire) transmission could guarantee communications security.

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  8. Mr. Philip Johnston of Los Angeles recently offered his services to this force to demonstrate the use of Indians for the transmission of messages by telephone and voice-radio. His offer was accepted and the demonstration was held for the Commanding General and his staff.

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