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Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story
Title:
Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story
Author:
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- author.
Personal Author:
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- author.
Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2018]

©2018
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary:
"As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--
Language:
English
Personal Subject:
Nez, Chester, 1921-2014

Nez, Chester. (OCoLC)fst01915796
Corporate Subject:
United States. Marine Corps -- Biography.

United States. Marine Corps. (OCoLC)fst00528845
Conference Subject:
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Subject Term:
Navajo code talkers -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.

Marines -- United States -- Biography.

Navajo Indians -- Biography.

Navajo Indians.

Navajo language.

Navajo code talkers.

JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Cultural Heritage.

JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History -- Military & Wars.

JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- 20th Century.

Cryptography. (OCoLC)fst00884552

Marines. (OCoLC)fst01010044

Military participation -- Indian. (OCoLC)fst01353730

Navajo code talkers. (OCoLC)fst01737188

Navajo Indians. (OCoLC)fst01034799
Geographic Term:
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre:
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686

Personal narratives -- American. (OCoLC)fst01424071
Added Author:
Amini-Holmes, Liz,
ISBN:
9780807500071
Format :
Book

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