By David Moreno\/Fort Worth Report Nuchi Nashoba grew up looking at a photograph of her great-grandfather Ben Carterby inside her grandmother\u2019s Oklahoma home. But, she didn\u2019t know much about the man in the frame other than that he was a World War I veteran. It wasn\u2019t until 1989 \u2014 when Nashoba was in her late 20s \u2014 that she learned a deep secret about her ancestor. Carterby was one of the Choctaw code talkers \u2014 a group of 19 Native American soldiers who used their language to transmit encrypted messages to the Allies during campaigns in northern France. The soldiers were sworn to secrecy and hid details of their service from families for decades. Over the past 20 years, Nashoba has led advocacy efforts to spotlight the group\u2019s hidden legacy… <\/p>\n
By David Moreno\/Fort Worth Report Nuchi Nashoba grew up looking at a photograph of her great-grandfather Ben Carterby inside her grandmother\u2019s Oklahoma home. But, she didn\u2019t know much about the man in the frame other than that he was a World War I veteran. It wasn\u2019t until 1989 \u2014 when Nashoba was in her late 20s \u2014 that she learned a deep secret about her ancestor. Carterby was one of the Choctaw code talkers \u2014 a group of 19 Native American soldiers who used their language to transmit encrypted messages to the Allies during campaigns in northern France. The soldiers were sworn to secrecy and hid details of their service from families for decades. Over the past 20 years, Nashoba has led advocacy efforts to spotlight the group\u2019s hidden legacy... <\/p>\n