Hear the Untold Story of a Canadian Code Talker from World War II | Short Film Showcase

If we can just finish up with you reintroducing yourself again or you state your name and if you'd like to say a few quick words.

I'm Charles, check accountants. I'm a mentee and have English and premium. I love my country. I do everything they asked me to do as well.

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I am not sure why they called him checker, but everyone in my family had some sort of a nickname. He got married I think about 1939 or 1940. Shortly after that, he joined the military. I think during the war, every kid wanted to join the army.

Every kid, you know, you get three squares a day, you know, there's no word for nothing. But for such young fellows, just couldn't wait to get in. I think a lot of our brothers and sisters who went overseas learned a different lifestyle for the first time.

People felt concrete under their feet for the first time. They saw buildings, fire intense, stories high. Read that all personnel who could speak an Indian language report to such-and-such a hanger on such-and-such a day. Checker reported. He said there was about 600 Aboriginal people in there.

They were broken up into small groups and into the language groups and given him messages to translate back and forth. The Cree came on top. [Music] They had a way of expression. Every different type of aircraft that they had, tsugumi's got back. Silly, that's a mosquito bomber. Tsugumi's is mosquito and a bomber is an explosion in Greek epic city.

They would attach the American Air Force and they would talk to one another and translate how many aircraft is going in a certain time, what type of aircraft bombers they had. How many would be going, they say, "This is me" on the radio, and the other pole earth, the other hand would be interpreting that whatever message was sent.

I don't think the Germans had a bloody clue on what the hell was being sent, some foreign code that no one heard of. Happy Joe, I'm going to eat the muffin dough buck segi, but Easter only under sub-servicer, but we must stay. He told us, "I give it a 7 to 800 Vatican City."

Since Americans couldn't understand what they were saying, they were just translated messages fine. I didn't said the hell with it, we'll use their own Indians. So then a guy is there enough, it's worldwide. [Music]

He didn't like the war because of this destruction he saw and the action that he was in. I told Checker, "It's about time our nice tiles are getting some credit for what they did." And that's what he told me, that he was a code talker during the war.

I asked him why he hadn't told me earlier. He said, "I was sworn to secrecy," and that's why he never said a word. Holy smokes, Frank, remember these? That's the kind of pictures they used to take when we doing there and see, old school.

It's great that was in the wintertime. The checkers right there, yeah, he looked serious. He was never serious in the military. Look serious, this must have been the very first day in uniform. They both looked like hell, you know, he couldn't have been in that uniform.

The first thing he's trying to look taller than me, you know, that's a good picture. He looks serious as hell. [Music] It really brings back lots of memories, lots of good memories. It's really good.

He didn't want to lead the parade. He just wanted the parade to be a parade, and he could have walked it from the sides. He was a great man, gave his heart. [Music]

Although you can dissolve the three Indians at first, it doesn't matter. I dunno I was asked. [Music]

If you listen to me, I'm sorry for taking up your time. This is goodbye, I guess. [Music] You [Music] you [Music] you [Music] you.