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S6, E1, Pt3: Dr. William Meadows on “The First Code Talkers, Native American Communicators of World War I”, Part 3
I hope you’ll enjoy episode 3 of this 5-part series on the most requested topic from my listeners – The Code Talkers.
Meet scholar and Anthropologist, Dr. William Meadows, Professor at Missouri State University who shares about the groundbreaking research detailed in his book, “The First Code Talkers, Native American Communicators of World War I”.
Get ready to experience a mix of oral history, individual soldiers’ accounts and newspapers, truly bringing these heroes’ stories to life.
In episode 3 you’ll hear about the following topics:
- Was code talking actually classified as secret after the war and were the code talkers sworn to secrecy about their code talking?
- Choctaws, Benjamin Colbert, Victor Brown, Louis Gooding, Albert Billy, Noel Johnson,
- A deep dive into Joseph Oklahombi – his significant and heroic contributions in battle, the many misconceptions around his actions during the war, and his famous “panther cry”
- We discuss Judy Allen’s book, Joseph Oklahombi and The Panther War Cry which can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/5hf3tuty
Yakoke to the brave Native American men and women who have served our country and all our Veterans! And many thanks to Dr. Meadows for sharing his research with us.
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