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Navajo Code Talkers
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List Price: $8.95
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ISBN Number: 802776272
Publisher: Walker and Co.
Author: Nathan Aaseng and Roy O. Hawthorne
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| A fascinating account that sheds light on a little-known contribution of the Navajos during World War II. A civil engineer who spent his childhood among them suggested that their language be used as a perfect unbreakable code. The result was one of the most secret and important aspects of U. S. intelligence work against the Japanese--Navajo code talking. Aaseng details the process by which native-speaking volunteers developed, learned, and used the complicated coding process to send and receive vital information even when the Japanese were intercepting the messages. He gives many examples of the dangers and prejudice the Native Americans faced in the armed services, as well as the special hardships they endured because of their cultural differences. The short, readable chapters include photos from the National Achives and Library of Congress. |
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