Code Talker by Chester Nez

Code Talker by Chester Nez

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

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 I, 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

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.

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ISBN 13	9780425247853
ISBN 10	0425247856
Title	Code Talker
Author	Chester Nez
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2012-08-07
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (J. Sando Western History) 2012
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