Comanche language helped Americans win World War II
A World War II soldier from Oklahoma helped the Allies win the war by talking in his native tongue -- something he was forbidden to do as a child.
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A World War II soldier from Oklahoma helped the Allies win the war by talking in his native tongue -- something he was forbidden to do as a child.
1944: Chibitty was one of 13 Comanche men who landed in France on D-Day in 1944 and used a coded form of their language to transmit secure messages.
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