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Choctaw Code Talkers

Choctaw Code Talkers

AUGUST 1 - 31, 2023
Tuesdays: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursdays: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Fridays: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Anoli' Theater
Free

In 1918, not yet citizens of the U.S., Choctaw members of the American Expeditionary Forces were asked to use their Native language as a powerful tool against the German Forces in World War I, setting a precedent for code talking as an effective military weapon and establishing them as America's original Code Talkers.

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