Wilfred Billey

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Scope and Contents

Billey, from Farmington, NM, joined the Marines in 1943. He received training at Camp Pendleton and Camp Elliott. Some of it was advanced infantry training as well as code training. Afterwards, he was sent to New Zealand and then Tarawa, but was not used much as a code talker there. He was then sent to Hawaii and was used constantly as a code talker. When the war was over, he was sent to Japan. In the end, he states that he used more English than Navajo in his code work during the war. He was discharged in 1946.

Dates

1971

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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