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• The Original Windtalkers - Choctaws of Company “E” 142nd Infantry Regiment World War I: By the middle of October 1918, over two million Americans were fighting in Europe. As the war reached its pinnacle, a group of 18 Choctaws in the 36th Infantry Division were utilized as code talkers and helped the Americans achieve victory.