TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buckley,James
AU  - Copeland,Gregory
TI  - Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
T2  - Who was?
SN  - 9780399542657
AV  - D810.C88 B83 2021
U1  - 940.54 BUC 23
KW  - United States
KW  - Marine Corps
KW  - Indian troops
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Cryptography
KW  - Participation, Indian
KW  - Navajo language
KW  - Navajo code talkers
KW  - Navajo Indians
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Pacific Area
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 108); Who Were the Navajo Code Talkers? -- The Navajo -- Marine Boot Camp -- The Secret Language of War -- Creating the Navajo Code -- The Code in Action -- Code-Talker Life -- Iwo Jima -- Going Home -- Delayed Honors; Ages 8-12; Penguin Workshop
N2  - "By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code, recounts some of their riskiest missions, and discusses how the country treated them before, during, and after the war"--
ER  -