This G.I. Joe has plenty to say. The "Navajo CodeTalker" action figure comes with a short history of the famous World War II code talkers. Lift the foot-tall toy's arm and he says seven phrases in Navajo, followed by English translations. "Request air support" and "attack by machine gun" are among them. Sam Billison provided the voice and phrases for the toy. During the war, he was part of a specially trained group of Navajo Marines who translated radio communications into unbreakable codes using the Navajo language. They were known as code talkers. Navajo G.I. Joe, shipped to stores nationwide in February, is one of 22 classic G.I. Joe figures. Back to Cry Havoc #29 Table of Contents Back to Cry Havoc List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by David W. Tschanz. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com