Johnston, Phillip
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- Summary
- Philip Johnston 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. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[2]Wikidata
- Born
- 1892-09-17 [2]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Topeka [2]Wikidata
- Died
- 1978-09-11 [2]Wikidata
- Death Place
- San Diego [2]Wikidata
- Occupation
- soldier [2]Wikidata
- Educated at
- University of Southern California [2]Wikidata
- USC Gould School of Law [2]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [2]Wikidata
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [2]Wikidata
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