Unsung heroes of World War II : the story of the Navajo code talkers / Deanne Durrett.
Material type: TextSeries: Library of American Indian historyPublication details: New York, NY : Facts on File, c1998.Description: vi, 122 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0816036039
- United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops -- Juvenile literature
- United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile literature
- Navajo language -- Juvenile literature
- Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian
- Cryptography
- Navajo code talkers
- Navajo Indians
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
- 940.54Dur
- D810.C88 D87 1998
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult | B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) | 940.54Dur (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 200063 |
Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 119-122)
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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