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2018., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At boarding school, as a young boy, Chester Nez was taught that his native Navajo language was useless. During World War II, he was recruited to use that language to create an unbreakable military code.
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c2018., Primary, Cavendish Square Call No: 940.54 8673 Edition: 1st ed. Electronic ed. Click here to read this eBook Series Title: Life as...Summary Note: Among the reasons for the allied triumph is the creation of a code based on the Navajo language, a code that was never broken. This is the story of how these code talkers lived, worked, and ultimately influenced World War II.
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c2018., Primary, Cavendish Square Call No: 940.54 8673 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Life as...Summary Note: Among the reasons for the allied triumph is the creation of a code based on the Navajo language, a code that was never broken. This is the story of how these code talkers lived, worked, and ultimately influenced World War II.
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c1995., Juvenile, Macmillan Books for Young Readers Call No: 411 TAP Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2018., Lerner Publications Call No: 940.54 KALLEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the South Pacific in 1944 and 1945, military battles raged between the United States and Japan. Surrounded by rattling bullets and exploding bombs, a group of Navajo Marines sent secret messages back and forth. They used a code they had created from the Navajo language, a code the enemy was never able to crack. These young men had been recruited from their homes in the American Southwest. They brought with them incredible physical stamina and a language that had never been written down. Learn more about the Navajo code talkers--brave, creative heroes who used their unbreakable code to help the Allies win the war.
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2021., Juvenile, Penguin Workshop Call No: 940.54 BUC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields.
