Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

Nez, Chester,Schiess Avila, Judith

ISBN 10: 0425247856 / ISBN 13: 9780425247853

Published by Dutton Caliber, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
• Publisher: Dutton Caliber
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425247856
• ISBN 13: 9780425247853
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII.

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 on a New Mexico reservation 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.

INCLUDES THE ACTUAL NAVAJO CODE AND RARE PICTURES

About the Author

Chester Nez was a World War II veteran who indispensably served his country as a Navajo code talker. He passed away in 2014.

Judith Schiess Avila is a code talker scholar with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua Program. She tours the state giving presentations on the topic.