Not a correction, just an addition.
As Roger said, the Japanese had not studied the language of the Navaho
Nation. They couldn't, because it is strictly oral and not written. In
the last year or two a few of the surviving "code talkers" were finally
honored for what they had done -- made it possible for the USA to take
back much of the Pacific that Japan had overrun. But the majority of
the "code talkers" received little recognition, although they were
always in the front lines and often the only thing that made victory or
safe retreat possible. They saved tens of thousands of lives, and most
didn't even get a pat on the back.
l.d.
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