FReeper Canteen ~ August 14th...National Navajo Code Talkers Day! ~ 15 August 2022

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ August 14th...National Navajo Code Talkers Day! ~

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[Jet Jaguar]

Hi Ma!

[PROCON]

Thanks for tonight's Canteen, Kathy!

Indeed the Navajo Code Talkers were an essential part of winning the war in the Pacific during WWII.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[SkyDancer]

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~ Hai All! ~

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I’m Down There Somewhere

[Nifster]

We owe them much

[Jet Jaguar]

Well said.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

It's a shame these heroes had to wait so long to receive the public recognition and honors they so richly deserved.

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Monday,
August 15, 2022

The Marriage Metaphor

Read: Ephesians 4:2–13

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2

After twenty-two years together, I sometimes wonder how my marriage to Merryn works. I’m a writer; Merryn is a statistician. I work with words; she works with numbers. I want beauty; she wants function. We come from different worlds.

Merryn arrives to appointments early; I’m occasionally late. I try new things on the menu; she orders the same. After twenty minutes at an art gallery, I’m just getting started, while Merryn is already in the cafe downstairs wondering how much longer I’ll be. We give each other many opportunities to learn patience!

We do have things in common—a shared sense of humor, a love of travel, and a common faith that helps us pray through options and compromise as needed. With this shared base, our differences even work to our advantage. Merryn has helped me learn to relax, while I’ve helped her grow in discipline. Working with our differences has made us better people.

Paul uses marriage as a metaphor for the church (Ephesians 5:21–33), and with good reason. Like marriage, church brings very different people together, requiring them to develop humility and patience and to “[bear] with one another in love” (4:2). And, as in marriage, a shared base of faith and mutual service helps a church become unified and mature (vv. 11–13).

Differences in relationships can cause great frustration—in the church and in marriage. But managed well, they can help us become more Christlike. — Sheridan Voysey

How have differences between you and those close to you helped you both to grow? How can differences between church members help to develop godliness?

Heavenly Father, please use our differences to help us mature.

To learn how to strengthen your marriage, visit https://odbu.org/cc010?utm_source=ODB+devotional&utm_medium=ODB+article&utm_campaign=ODB+article+August+15th&utm_id=ODB+August+15th

Bible in a year: Psalms 91–93; Romans 15:1–13

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Have you had any chances to just sit back and relax this weekend? Must have been a nasty, exhausting week for you last week.

[ansel12]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, JJ...is it still HOT at your house? Still looking for the perfect job?

I had an internet glitch, but it seems ok now.

[ansel12]

I served in the 36th Infantry Division, the first unit to use Code Talkers in WWI.

World War I
In France during World War I, the 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, had a company of Indians who spoke 26 languages and dialects. Two Indian officers were selected to supervise a communications system staffed by 18 Choctaw. The team transmitted messages relating to troop movements and their own tactical plans in their native tongue. Soldiers from other tribes, including the Cheyenne, Comanche, Cherokee, Osage and Yankton Sioux also were enlisted to communicate as code talkers. Previous to their arrival in France, the Germans had broken every American code used, resulting in the deaths of many Soldiers. However, the Germans never broke the Indians’ “code,” and these Soldiers became affectionately known as “code talkers.”

World War II
During World War II, the Army used Indians in its signal communications operations in both the European and Pacific theaters of operations. Student code talkers were instructed in basic military communications techniques. The code talkers then developed their own words for military terms that never existed in their own native tongue. For instance, the world for “colonel” was translated to “silver eagle,” “fighter plane” became “hummingbird,” “minesweeper” became “beaver,” “half-track” became “race track,” and “pyrotechnic” became “fancy fire.”

The Army and Marine Corps used a group of 24 Navajo code talkers in the Pacific Theater, who fought in the many bloody island campaigns. In North Africa, eight Soldiers from the Meskwaki tribe in Iowa served as code talkers in the 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Division. In Europe, the 4th Signal Company, 4th Infantry Division, was assigned 17 Comanche code talkers. From the D-Day landings at Normandy in June 1944, to the liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulge, they kept the lines of communications secure.

Soldiers from other tribes, including the Kiowa, Winnebago, Chippewa, Creek, Seminole, Hopi, Lakota, Dakota, Menominee, Oneida, Pawnee, Sac, Fox and Choctaw served during the war. Some were killed and wounded and at least one was taken prisoner. As a testament to their professionalism, the enemy was never able to break the code talkers’ communications.”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi there, Pro...their talent was special, and so important!

[ansel12]

“Code talking, however, was pioneered by Choctaw Indians serving in the U.S. Army during World War I. These soldiers are referred to as Choctaw Code Talkers.”

“The first known use of Native Americans in the American military to transmit messages under fire was a group of Cherokee troops utilized by the American 30th Infantry Division serving alongside the British during the Second Battle of the Somme.”

“In World War II in both major theaters of war, the U. S. Army used Indians in its signal communications operations. A group of 24 Navajos was assembled to handle telephone communications, using voice codes in their native tongue, between the Air Commander in the Solomon Islands and various airfields in the region. The U.S. Marine Corps also used Navajo code talkers extensively in the Pacific Theater. And in Europe, the 4th Signal Company of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division was assigned 16 Comanches for employment as voice radio operators to transmit and receive messages in their own unwritten language.”

[Jet Jaguar]

We finally got some rain. Temps aren’t bad for mid August right now. Still looking for a job I want, not need.

All good here!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[TigerHawk]

GREAT POST! I don’t know how you keep up on these things, especially as you are so busy in the real world. As it is said, “If you want something done, ask a busy person.”

G-D BLESS.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...a nice day for an adventure with Blue?

Have you and Tippy hit the trails?