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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY SMITH, HORBACH, WINCKLER, BERRY, DAVITT, HUSEMAN,
1 3 SHOULTZ, MILLER, CONNORS, JONES, BELL, REASONER,
1 4 OLDSON, HEDDENS, STRUYK, FREVERT, FORD, D. OLSON,
1 5 DANDEKAR, DENNIS, GRANZOW, HANSON, SWAIM, KUHN,
1 6 GREINER, HOGG, JOCHUM, FOEGE, MURPHY, BOAL, LENSING,
1 7 OSTERHAUS, HOFFMAN, FALLON, WATTS, DE BOEF,
1 8 VAN ENGELENHOVEN, BOGGESS, HUTTER, WENDT, MYERS,
1 9 QUIRK, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, LYKAM, MADDOX, BODDICKER,
1 10 CHAMBERS, TYMESON, WHITAKER, ALONS, LALK, GASKILL,
1 11 ARNOLD, RASMUSSEN, D. TAYLOR, BUKTA, KLEMME, GIPP,
1 12 JACOBS, TJEPKES, WISE, STEVENS, PETERSEN, DOLECHECK,
1 13 ROBERTS, EICHHORN, and HUSER
1 14 A Resolution to honor the Meskwaki Code Talkers who
1 15 served in the United States Armed Forces in North
1 16 Africa during World War II.
1 17 WHEREAS, early in the 20th century, the American
1 18 military relied on the transmission of spoken language
1 19 by phone and radio to communicate such critical
1 20 information as the location of enemy troops and
1 21 numbers of enemy guns; and
1 22 WHEREAS, because these methods of transmission were
1 23 rather unsophisticated and messages were easily
1 24 intercepted by enemy forces, the languages of several
1 25 Native American tribes were developed for use as code
1 26 during World Wars I and II to transmit vital
1 27 information; and
1 28 WHEREAS, although this code was never broken and
1 29 the work of the Native American Code Talkers who
1 30 transmitted the messages is credited with saving
2 1 countless lives, only the Navajo Code Talkers have
2 2 received recognition for their service; and
2 3 WHEREAS, some 17 other tribes, including at least
2 4 eight members of the Meskwaki tribe from Tama County,
2 5 served as Code Talkers during World War II; and
2 6 WHEREAS, the eight Meskwaki Code Talkers, Frank
2 7 Sanache, his brother Willard Sanache, Dewey Youngbear,
2 8 Edward Benson, Judy Wayne Wabaunasee, Mike Wayne
2 9 Wabaunasee, Dewey Roberts, and Melvin Twin, served as
2 10 scouts for eight companies of their division in North
2 11 Africa, and worked 24-hour shifts under dangerous
2 12 conditions in locations far ahead of American lines to
2 13 direct U.S. artillery fire to enemy positions; and
2 14 WHEREAS, the only surviving member of these brave
2 15 Meskwaki Code Talkers, Frank Sanache, was captured by
2 16 the Germans and endured terrible hardships in a Polish
2 17 prisoner-of-war camp until the camp was liberated by
2 18 the Allied forces at the end of the war; and
2 19 WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the valiant
2 20 efforts of these citizens of Iowa be recognized and
2 21 honored; NOW THEREFORE,
2 22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 23 That the House of Representatives recognizes the
2 24 bravery and dedicated service of the Meskwaki Code
2 25 Talkers and expresses gratitude for the contribution
2 26 these soldiers made to saving many American lives.
2 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, a copy
2 28 of this Resolution be sent to Frank Sanache and to the
2 29 families of the other Meskwaki tribe members who
2 30 served as Code Talkers in World War II.
3 1 LSB 1553HH 80
3 2 lh/sh/8
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