A War of Words: How Lloyd Oliver's
native tongue helped win WWII
Only the original 29 received gold medals. Recently Congress issued silver medals to the other code talkers. The inscription on the back of the Congressional gold Medal reads “Dine Bizaad Yee Atah Naayee Yikeh Deesklii.” It translates to, “They were the individuals who used the Navajo Language to defeat the enemy during war.”