![]() ![]() ![]() He grew up speaking his tribe's native language. Two were wounded, but they all survived.Ĭhibitty's journey to that moment in time began in the Wichita Mountains north of Lawton, Okla., in 1921. There were a total of 14 Comanche who hit the beach that day. In English, the message was: "Five miles to the right of the designated area and five miles inland, the fighting is fierce, and we need help." At 23, he was already a veteran code-talker. Charles Chibitty landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, his first radio message was to another Comanche on an incoming boat. In June 1944, when Comanche Indian Cpl. It is one step lower to the Légion d’honneur or Legion of Honor that is reserved for French nationals only.Fort Huachuca, AZ. The National Order of Merit is given to citizens of France as well as foreign nationals for distinguished military or civil service. ![]() The French government were the first to give them public recognition, awarding the three surviving members of the code talkers group the Chevalier de L’Ordre National du Merite in 1989. The code talkers program was only declassified in 1968 and the move for recognition after that was slow. The distinctive work by the American Indians during both worldwide strifes was barely recognized, due in part to the military’s campaign to assert their advantage. They then started using the four soldiers to use their language for their secret communication and found that the Germans failed to crack them. officer, with four Comanche soldiers under his command, was frustrated when their communication were always intercepted by the Germans. It was in 1918 that their language started to be used, when a U.S. They were provided their services to the United States Army during the First World War. All seventeen of them were bestowed a medal during the very moving awarding ceremony.īut it was not only during the Second World War that the Comanche tribes became involved. Only fourteen of them were sent to work at the European theater. All of them were fluent in the Comanche language and were trained by the Army on communication tactics. Seventeen young Comanche men were chosen to become a part of the elite group of Code Talkers. The chairman of the Comanche Nation, Wallace Coffey said the award and recognition is long overdue, but they are still very proud that the recognition did happen. It is a clear sign of the nation’s recognition of the contribution that the Comanche tribes gave to the United States and to the world during the war, and even if it was long overdue, the honor is one that the Comanche Nation will forever cherish. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor that the U.S. The members of the Comanche nation were not only code talkers, they were trained as line repairmen and radio operators and 13 Comanche men were part of the infantry that stormed the shores of Normandy. From memory they were able to develop over 200 military terms that baffled the German forces. It was an amazing feat, because the Comanche native language was never decoded by the German Nazis and the Japanese. They were members of the 4th Infantry Division. Congress, on Wednesday, November 19, awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to 33 tribes whose family and tribe members performed as code talkers to outsmart Adolf Hitler and his troops during the Second World War. In the Comanche language, they were called Numurekwa’etuu. The Comanche code talkers that gave valuable services during the Second World War have now been given due recognition. At last the long wait is over, and credit is now given to where credit is due. ![]()
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