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

Chester Nez

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The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Navajo Code and rare photos. Although more than 400 Navajos served in the military during World War II as top-secret code talkers, even those fighting shoulder to shoulder with them were not told of their covert function. And, after the war, the Navajos were forbidden to speak of their service until 1968, when the code was finally declassified. Of the original twenty-nine Navajo code talkers, only two are still alive. Chester Nez is one of them.

In this memoir, the eighty-nine-year-old Nez chronicles both his war years and his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation-the hard life that gave him the strength, both physical and mental, to become a Marine. His story puts a living face on the legendary men who developed what is still the only unbroken code in modern warfare.

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Pages:: 310 pages

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ISBN10:: 0425244237

ISBN13:: 9780425244234

kindle Asin:: B005ERIRHW

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

Chester Nez

4.26/5 (6249 ratings)

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The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Navajo Code and rare photos. Although more than 400 Navajos served in the military during World War II as top-secret code talkers, even those fighting shoulder to shoulder with them were not told of their covert function. And, after the war, the Navajos were forbidden to speak of their service until 1968, when the code was finally declassified. Of the original twenty-nine Navajo code talkers, only two are still alive. Chester Nez is one of them.

In this memoir, the eighty-nine-year-old Nez chronicles both his war years and his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation-the hard life that gave him the strength, both physical and mental, to become a Marine. His story puts a living face on the legendary men who developed what is still the only unbroken code in modern warfare.

Format:

Pages:: 310 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: 1st, First Edition, First Printing

Language:

ISBN10:: 0425244237

ISBN13:: 9780425244234

kindle Asin:: B005ERIRHW

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