The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII. His name wasn't Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn't stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength-both physical and mental-to excel as a marine. During World War II, the Japanese had managed to crack every code the United States used. But when the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret military language, they created the only unbroken code in modern warfare-and helped assure victory for the United States over Japan in the South Pacific. INCLUDES THE ACTUAL NAVAJO CODE AND RARE PICTURES
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN-13
9780425247853
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115765480
Product Key Features
Book Title
Code Talker: the First and only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Author
Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
310 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
359g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Judith Schiess Avila, Chester Nez
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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