Code Talker

Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila

ISBN 10: 161707053X / ISBN 13: 9781617070532

Published by TANTOR AUDIO, 2012

About this Item

Zustand: Gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Code Talker
• Publisher: TANTOR AUDIO
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161707053X
• ISBN 13: 9781617070532
• Condition: Gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

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.

Review

A touching account of both the creation and use of the Navajo code used by the US Marines in the Pacific theatre from one of the original 29 code talkers recruited in 1942... A unique account, from one of the originals and highly recommended. --Clash of Steel