The Marines during World War II <br />Enlisted help from Navajo. <br />Hundreds of us were asked to do <br />Coded words to outsmart the foe. <br />Our own language was the code <br />With origin and use unique. <br />One of the real successes showed <br />With two days round the clock code speak. <br />The Iwo Jima battle scenes <br />Were able to be turned from loss <br />To then be won by the Marines. <br />The needed intel got across. <br /> <br />My Navajo comrades and I <br />Used native tongue for freedom's cry.<br /><br />Ima Ryma<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/navajo-code-talkers/
