Code Talker
Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila
Sold by Buchpark, Trebbin, Germany
AbeBooks Seller since 30 September 2021
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Add to basketSold by Buchpark, Trebbin, Germany
AbeBooks Seller since 30 September 2021
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketZustand: Gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.
Seller Inventory # 23506004/203
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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