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Navajo Weapon: The Navajo Code Talkers (Native American Culture)
Navajo Weapon The Navajo Code Talkers - Native American Culture
Author: Sally McClain
Read the true story that inspired Windtalkers, a major summer 2002 release that honors the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, directed by John Woo (Mission: Impossible 2) and starring Nicholas Cage and Adam Beach. Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, this newly revised edition of Navajo Weapon: The Navajo...  more » describes how the U.S. Marine Corps recruited young Navajo warriors to create a secret code, using their native language that many of them had once been forbidden to speak. The Navajo Code Talkers played decisive roles in the Pacific Theater and helped turn the tide in the bloody battles for Bougainville, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu, and Iwo Jima. Their unbreakable code helped save countless American lives and earned the Navajo Code Talkers the undying respect of their comrades in arms. 54 rare, historic photographs and maps.
ISBN-13: 9781887896320
ISBN-10: 1887896325
Publication Date: 4/2002
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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