Code talker
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Avila, Judith Schiess, Author
Status
Mora Public Library - Nonfiction
940.5459 N
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940.5459 N
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Rush City Public Library - Nonfiction
940.5459 N
1 available
940.5459 N
1 available
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Mora Public Library - Nonfiction | 940.5459 N | Available |
Rush City Public Library - Nonfiction | 940.5459 N | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Marines -- United States -- Biography.
Navajo code talkers -- Biography.
Navajo Indians -- Biography.
Nez, Chester.
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
Navajo code talkers -- Biography.
Navajo Indians -- Biography.
Nez, Chester.
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index.
Description
Although more than 400 Navajos served in the military during World War II as top-secret code talkers, even those fighting shoulder to shoulder with them were not told of their covert function. And, after the war, the Navajos were forbidden to speak of their service until 1968, when the code was finally declassified. Of the original twenty- nine Navajo code talkers, only two are still alive. Chester Nez is one of them. In this memoir, the eighty-nine-year-old Nez chronicles both his war years and his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation -- the hard life that gave him the strength, both physical and mental, to become a Marine. His story puts a living face on the legendary men who developed what is still the only unbroken code in modern warfare.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nez, C., & Avila, J. S. (2011). Code talker (1st edition.). Berkley Caliber.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nez, Chester and Judith Schiess, Avila. 2011. Code Talker. Berkley Caliber.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nez, Chester and Judith Schiess, Avila. Code Talker Berkley Caliber, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nez, Chester., and Judith Schiess Avila. Code Talker 1st edition., Berkley Caliber, 2011.
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