Editing Code talker (section)

==={{anchor|Cherokee code talkers}}Cherokee===
The US military's first known use of code talkers was during World War I. [[Cherokee]] soldiers of the US [[30th Infantry Division (United States)|30th Infantry Division]] fluent in the [[Cherokee language]] were assigned to transmit messages while under fire during the [[Second Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]].  According to the Division Signal Officer, this took place in September 1918 when their unit was under British command.<ref>Stanley, Captain John W. ''Personal Experience of a Battalion Commander and Brigade Signal Officer, 105th Field Signal Battalion in the Somme Offensive, September 29 – October 8, 1997.'' U.S. Army, 1932.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cherokee Code Talkers and Allied Success in WWI NC DNCR |url=https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/08/21/cherokee-code-talkers-and-allied-success-in-wwi |website=www.ncdcr.gov |date=August 21, 2016 |language=en |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721073212/https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/08/21/cherokee-code-talkers-and-allied-success-in-wwi |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>