Talk:Choctaw code talkers

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Cleaning up bibliography on article; I'm leaving them here for future reference. -Uyvsdi (talk) 03:30, 8 September 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

• Bloor, Colonel A.W. “Transmitting Messages in Choctaw.” Memo to Captain Spence for the Commanding General, 36th Division, U.S. Army. January 23, 1919. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Chastaine, Captain Ben F. Story of the 36th. Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Company, 1920.
• “Choctaw Code Talkers.” Oklahoma Today. July-August 1988.
• “Choctaw Code Talkers in World War I.” Compilation of research conducted by the school students of Rattan Public School in Rattan, Okla.
• “Choctaws--The Original Code-Talkers in Defense of Our Land and People.” Unpublished manuscript prepared by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
• "Comanche Code Talkers of World War II" A book written by anthropologist William C. Meadows, published by the University of Texas Press, 2003. The books discusses the origin of code talkers, and the exploits of the Choctaw Code Talkers in the opening chapter.
• “Code Talkers Suggested by Choctaw Soldier.” Bishinik. September 1986.
• “France to Honor Choctaw Code-Talkers.” Bishinik. October 1989.
• “Officer Who Led Indians in Rout of Germans Now Sets Type--Enemy Fooled by Wires Sent in Language of Red Men.” Oklahoma City News, April 5, 1928.
• “Oklahoma’s Greatest War Hero Also Choctaw Code Talker”, Valliant Leader, Valliant, Okla. September 9, 1987.
• Wise, Jennings, C. “The American Indian in World War.” Paper by the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.

The list is unsourced. The Choctaw Nation's memorial does not include anyone named Colbert, but does include Schlicht Billy. http://www.choctawnation.com/history/people/code-talkers/code-talkers-of-wwi/ Irish Melkite (talk) 04:55, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Described here as a member of the 141st Infantry. On his linked wiki page, it says 143rd Infantry ???? Irish Melkite (talk) 05:02, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mitchell Bobb's Dawes card states pretty clearly that his parents were Ellen Jackson and Ellis Bobb. "Jackson" is listed in the name of Ellen's father, not Mitchell's. Erinspice (talk) 20:16, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Considering that all were soldiers, in France at the time, a picture that shows almost everyone garbed in civilian clothes seems very unlikely to be captioned properly when that caption describes the individuals as 'in training' to become code talkers ??? Irish Melkite (talk) 05:05, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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