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Code talker

  • Chester Nez

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Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret military language based on his native language during World War II that became the only unbroken code in modern warfare.

Genres

  • Cryptography
  • United States. Marine Corps
  • Navajo Indians
  • Navajo code talkers
  • Indian Participation
  • United States
  • American Personal narratives
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Marines
  • Biography
  • Military participation
  • Indian
  • Personal narratives
  • United states, marine corps, biography
  • World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american
  • Indians of north america, southwest, new
  • Indians of north america, biography
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  • Chester Nez

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    Tantor Audio

    Dec 12, 2011

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    1st ed.

    Berkley Caliber

    2011