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The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Navajo Code and rare photos.
Although more than 400 Navajos served in the military during World War II as top-secret code talkers, even those fighting shoulder to shoulder with them were not told of their covert function. And, after the war, the Navajos were forbidden to speak of their service until 1968, when the code was finally declassified. Of the original twenty-nine Navajo code talkers, Chester Nez is the only one still alive. The original twenty-nine were the men who first devised the code, then proved it indispensable in combat.
In this memoir, the ninety-year-old Nez chronicles both his war years and his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation - the hard life that gave him the strength, both physical and mental, to become a Marine. His story puts a living face on the legendary men who developed what is still the only unbroken code in modern warfare.
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About the Author
Chester Nev is a World War II veteran who indispensably served his country as a Navajo code talker. He lives in New Mexico.
Judith Schiess Avila conducted three years of interviews with Chester Nez before committing his story to paper. She lives in New Mexico.
Code Talker won the New Mexico Press Women's Zia Award and the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award. NPR (National Public Radio) read the entire book on-air.
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