Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
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In the 1920s, growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation wasn't easy. There was no electricity or indoor plumbing. The New Mexico summers were hot and the winters harsh. But the beautiful mesas provided bountiful land on which to raise sheep and goats, and the Navajo celebrated their spiritual connection to nature.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 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.Chester Nez is the only surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers-and this is his story.
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Street Date:
12/12/2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781452624983
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Judith Schiess Avila. (2011). Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII. Unabridged Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Judith Schiess Avila. 2011. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII. Tantor Media, Inc.
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MLA Citation (style guide)Judith Schiess Avila. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII. Unabridged Tantor Media, Inc, 2011.
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