Ocala in Marion County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Navajo Indian Code Talkers

Ocala - Marion County Veterans Memorial Park

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 14, 2022

1. Navajo Indian Code Talkers Marker

Inscription.
Navajo Indian Code Talkers
U.S.M.C.
Used their native language skills to direct U.S. Marine Corps artillery fire during WWII in Pacific area. Japanese could not break code thus these early Americans exemplified the spirit of America’s fighting men.

Sponsored by: Disabled Veterans South Marion DAV #85 serving veterans & defendants

Erected by Disabled Veterans South Marion DAV #85.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, World II.

Location. 29° 11.17′ N, 82° 6.06′ W. Memorial is in Ocala, Florida, in Marion County. It can be reached from East Fort King Street 0.1 miles south of East Silver Springs Boulevard. Marker located within the Ocala - Marion County Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2601 E Fort King St, Ocala FL 34470, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western

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Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Service on the Home Front (here, next to this marker); Flying Tigers (here, next to this marker); Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki (a few steps from this marker); John Jackson Dickison (a few steps from this marker); St. Augustine (a few steps from this marker); Camp Blanding (a few steps from this marker); Florida’s Past Flags (a few steps from this marker); Fort Brooke - Tampa, Florida (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ocala.

Also see . . . How Navajo Code Talker Marines Used Their Indigenous Language to Help Win World War II. (Submitted on May 31, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 14, 2022

2. Navajo Indian Code Talkers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 31, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.