The war that gave Cuba independence from Spain was the Spanish American War which began after a civil war began in Cuba for independence from Spain.
Navajo code talkers<span>. </span>Philip Johnston<span>, a civil engineer for the city of Los Angeles, proposed the use of Navajo to the United States Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. </span>Johnston<span>, a World War I veteran, was raised on the Navajo reservation as the son of a missionary to the Navajo.</span>