Description: 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, the Book and Mortar Record Store Code Talker -- Chester Nez 16.86 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 Author: Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila Publisher: Dutton Caliber Published: 08/07/2012 Pages: 320 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.80lbs Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.90d ISBN: 9780425247853 Age Range: 18-UP Award: New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards - Winner 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.
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Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Biographies & Memoirs,Community & Culture,Indigeno
Label: Dutton Caliber
Artist: Nez, Chester
Album: Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Nav
Book Title: Code Talker : the First and only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Military / World War II, Military / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native Americans, Native American, Military
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Judith Schiess Avila, Chester Nez
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
