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Author:

Holm, Tom, 1946-

Title:

Code talkers and warriors : Native Americans and World War II / Tom Holm.

Publisher:

Chelsea House,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

168 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian--Juvenile literature.
United States--Indians--Indians--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography--Juvenile literature.
Indian code talkers--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.
United States--Indians.--Indians.
World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.
Indian code talkers.
Indians of North America--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.

Contents:

Native Americans in the U.S. armed forces -- "The Indian enlists" -- Native Americans in the Pacific Theater -- The Navajo code talkers -- Native Americans in the European Theater -- The Comanche code talkers -- The war at home -- The legacy of Native American participation in World War II.

Summary:

Traces the history of Native American participation in the U.S. armed forces, focusing on the contributions of the Navajo and Comanche Code Talkers to the World War II effort.

Series:

Landmark events in Native American history

ISBN:

0791093409 (hbk.)
9780791093405 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77270989

LCCN:

2006102263

Locations:

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

MNPB553 -- Bancroft Public Library (Bancroft)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

TVPD862 -- Louise & Lucile Hink -Tama Public Library (Tama)

MTPB743 -- West Bend Public Library (West Bend)