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_q(paperback)
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_q(library binding)
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_q(epub)
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050 0 0 _aD810.C88
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100 1 _aBuckley, James,
_cJr.,
_d1963-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWho were the Navajo Code Talkers? /
_cby James Buckley, Jr. ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland.
300 _a108 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c20 cm
490 0 _aWho was?
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 108).
505 0 _aWho 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.
520 _a"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"--
521 _aAges 8-12
_bPenguin Workshop
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bMarine Corps
_xIndian troops
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCryptography
_vJuvenile literature.
_93060
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xParticipation, Indian
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aNavajo language
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aNavajo code talkers
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aNavajo Indians
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zPacific Area
_vJuvenile literature.
700 1 _aCopeland, Gregory,
_eillustrator.
906 _a7
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_cNON-FIC
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