Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

Nez, Chester; Avila, Judith Schiess

ISBN 10: 1452604983 ISBN 13: 9781452604985

Casa editrice: Tantor Media Inc, 2011

Riassunto

In the 1920s, growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation wasn't easy. There was no electricity or indoor plumbing. The New Mexico summers were hot and the winters harsh. But the beautiful mesas provided bountiful land on which to raise sheep and goats, and the Navajo celebrated their spiritual connection to nature.His name wasn't Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn't stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing gave him the strength-both physical and mental-to excel as a Marine.During World War II, the Japanese had managed to crack every code the United States used. But when the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret military language, they created the only unbroken code in modern warfare-and helped assure victory for the United States over Japan in the South Pacific.Chester Nez is the only surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers-and this is his story.

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L'autore

Judith Schiess Avila is a code talker scholar with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua Program.Chester Nez is a World War II veteran who indispensably served his country as a Navajo code talker.
David Colacci has worked as a narrator for over fifteen years, during which time he has won AudioFile Earphones Awards, earned Audie nominations, and been included on Best of Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Tantor Media Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1452604983
• ISBN 13: 9781452604985
• Rilegatura: Audio CD
• Lingua: Inglese