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Author:
McClain, S. (Sally)
Title:
Navajo weapon : the Navajo code talkers / Sally McClain.
Publisher:
Rio Nuevo Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2001, c1994
Description:
vi, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Communication--history--Pacific Ocean.
Communication--history--United States.
Indians, North American--history--Pacific Ocean.
Indians, North American--history--United States.
Military Personnel--history--Pacific Ocean.
Military Personnel--history--United States.
World War II--Pacific Ocean.
World War II--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296) and index.
Contents:
Dine Bikeyah (Land of the people), 1926 -- Empire of the Rising Sun, 1920-1941 -- Search for secrecy - Navajo recruits -- Birth of the code -- Enemy awaits -- Navajo code school - Final phase of Guadalcanal -- Bougainville -- Cape Gloucester, New Britain -- Johnston's betrayal -- Saipan, Tinian, Guam & Peleliu -- Iwo Jima -- Fight for Motoyama air fields -- Last days -- War's end -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
1887896325 (pbk.)
9781887896320 (pbk.)
Locations:
KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

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