{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Story Behind the Stone","title":"Alicia Costello & Ta'Na Alexander (THC & CCTA) – Language as a Tool for Victory","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1694,"description":"\"This story was never lost. It was just waiting to be told.\"This week, we speak with Alicia Costello, a historian with the Texas Historical Commission, and Ta'Na Alexander, a descendant of an original Choctaw Code Talker. We delve into the collaborative effort to establish a historical marker in Fort Worth that honors the Native soldiers of the 142nd Infantry who utilized a code that was never broken.In this episode:- Discover the significance of the Camp Bowie marker, located on the very grounds where Choctaw soldiers trained in 1917 before deploying to provide a critical advantage in the Great War- Learn about the \"Under-Told Markers\" program, a special initiative by the Texas Historical Commission that funds markers for stories historically overlooked or missing from the landscape- Understand the legacy of the Telephone Warriors, whose contributions remained a classified secret for decades until public recognition began to flourish following a 1989 visit from the French government","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/iwRNbsL_3aiTP7pHaBwruE9YSrobNuWkyn6LEqiViQg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mY2Ex/NjgzMjA3ODE2ODM2/MTBhY2UyODI3MTFk/NTE4MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}