Joel Davis Thacker papers [manuscript], 1953.

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Joel Davis Thacker papers [manuscript], 1953.

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The collection contains a photograph of the Virginia Marine Corps historian receiving the Navy Department's Distinguished Civilian Service Award "For distinguished service ... as principal advisor on historical matters to the Commandant of the Marine Corps,]

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University of Virginia. Library

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Thacker, Joel Davis, 1901-

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...