Corporal Lloyd Oliver, Navajo, Operates a Field Radio While Attached to a Marine Artillery Regiment in the South Pacific
7/7/1943
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Lloyd Oliver was one of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Lloyd Oliver was born in 1923 on the Navajo Nation to Howard and Olive “Ollie” Oliver. He attended Fruitland Day School before enrolling in the boarding school at Shiprock, New Mexico.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lloyd Oliver dropped his schooling and enlisted in the Marines. After training in California, Oliver was sent to the Pacific. As a Navajo Code Talker, he used his native Navajo language to transmit codes for the Marine Corps.
In the picture, he operates a field radio while attached to a Marine artillery regiment in the South Pacific. Corporal Oliver also was a sniper and a highly regarded scout.
Lloyd Oliver was born in 1923 on the Navajo Nation to Howard and Olive “Ollie” Oliver. He attended Fruitland Day School before enrolling in the boarding school at Shiprock, New Mexico.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lloyd Oliver dropped his schooling and enlisted in the Marines. After training in California, Oliver was sent to the Pacific. As a Navajo Code Talker, he used his native Navajo language to transmit codes for the Marine Corps.
In the picture, he operates a field radio while attached to a Marine artillery regiment in the South Pacific. Corporal Oliver also was a sniper and a highly regarded scout.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Marine Corps.
National Archives Identifier: 100378076
Full Citation: Corporal Lloyd Oliver, a Full-Blooded Navajo Indian, Operates a Field Radio While Attached to a Marine Artillery Regiment in the South Pacific; 7/7/1943; Photographs of Navajo Indian "Code-Talkers" in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1943 - 1948; Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/corporal-lloyd-oliver-navajo-codetalker, May 19, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
