Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story /

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story / Navajo code talker's story Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

"As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--

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Nez, Chester, 1921-2014


United States. Marine Corps --Biography.


Navajo code talkers--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.
Marines--United States--Biography.
Navajo Indians--Biography.

D810.C88 / B77 2018

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