IB-HL Historical Survey of the History of the Americas Native American Code Talkers and the American Public Why World War II Navajo Code Talkers Received More Public Attention After the war compared to their counterparts, the Comanche Code Talkers? Word Count: 1918 Summary Summary………………………………............……… …...2A. Investigation plan…………….………………….............…….…………………….....3B. Summary of evidence…………………....………………….....………….………………......3C. Evaluation of sources................................................................ .................................6D. Analyses................................................. .................................................. .. .7E. Conclusion................................................. ....................................9F. List of sources................................................................ .............................................9A. Investigation planThe Code Talker service was declassified only in 1969, after which public attention increased. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate what factors led to the differences in the amount of public attention given to Navajo code talkers and their Comanche counterparts after declassification. Factors that might influence the fame of code talkers from both tribes will be examined to understand why the Navajo have received greater public attention. These factors include circumstances surrounding their pre-service training, their performance during the war, and their situation after the war. Due to the limited number of works concerning the Comanche community...... middle of paper...... T. Winds of Freedom: The Story of the Navajo Code Speakers of World War II. Darien, CT: Two Bytes, 1992.Dow, Kathleen A. “Linguists: The Hidden Force of U.S. Intelligence.”Applied Language Learning 16, no. 1 (2005): 1-16.Jevec, Adam. “Semper Fidelis: speakers of the code”. Prologue: Il Giornale dell'Archivio Nazionale 33, n. 4 (Winter 2001). Johnston, Philip. “Indian slang has won our battles.” Master key 38,n. 4 (1964): 130-137.Kahn, David. The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing. New York:Macmillan, 1967.LaFarge, Oliver. “They were good enough for the Army.” Harper's, November 1947. McClain, Sally. Navajo Weapon: Speakers of the Navajo code. Tucson, AZ:Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2002.Meadows, William C. The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002 .