Philip Johnston (code talker)

Philip Johnston
Born(1892-09-14)September 14, 1892
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 11, 1978(1978-09-11) (aged 85)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Resting placeGlendale, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California

Philip Johnston (September 14, 1892, in Topeka, Kansas – September 11, 1978, in San Diego, California) was an American civil engineer who is credited with proposing the idea of using the Navajo language as a Navajo code to be used in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

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