During world war ii, what did the tuskegee airmen and code talkers have in common? they refused to allow minorities to join their units. they showed that minorities could serve heroically when united states policy allowed them to participate in the armed forces. they proved that minorities had no interest in the defense of a government which had treated them poorly. they became famous for using new technology in innovative ways.

They showed that minorities could serve heroically when United States policy allowed them to participate in the armed forces. The Tuskegee Airmen was made up of African-American men who became one of the greatest air squads of the war, and the Navajo code talkers were made up of men from the Navajo Indian tribe. They are known for their unbreakable code of spoken word, the axis powers weren't able to figure out what they were saying.