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Code talker, the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII, Chester Nez, with Judith Schiess Avila ; foreword by Jeff Bingaman

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Code talker, the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII, Chester Nez, with Judith Schiess Avila ; foreword by Jeff Bingaman

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eng

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Code talker

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760756428

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Chester Nez, with Judith Schiess Avila ; foreword by Jeff Bingaman

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the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII

Summary

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. Chester Nez is the only surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, and this is his story

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adult

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