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Unsung heroes of World War II : the story of the Navajo code talkers

Author: Deanne Durrett
Publisher: New York, NY : Facts on File, ©1998.
Series: Library of American Indian history.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Elementary and junior high school : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II.
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Genre/Form: Nonfiction
Literature
Juvenile works
Juvenile literature
Material Type: Elementary and junior high school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Deanne Durrett
ISBN: 0816036039 9780816036035
OCLC Number: 38067688
Description: vi, 122 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents: The Navajo --
Birth of the Idea --
The Original 29 --
Special Assignment --
The Navajo School --
The Code Talkers Hit Guadalcanal --
The Navajo Code in Operation --
The Code Talkers' Shining Hour --
Home Again --
The Code Talkers' Contribution --
Selected Further Reading List.
Series Title: Library of American Indian history.
Responsibility: Deanne Durrett.

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