PRESIDENT DECLARES NATIONAL CODE TALKERS DAY
Washington, D.C. · August 14, 1982 Some 44,000 Native Americans served in the U.S. military during World War II. One-and-a-half times more Native Americans volunteered for service than were drafted; indeed, Native American participation in the war per capita exceeded any other group. Native Americans served in all theaters, but predominately in the Pacific. No group…