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Author McClain, S. (Sally)

Title Navajo weapon : the Navajo code talkers / Sally McClain.

Publication Info. Tucson, Ariz. : Rio Nuevo Publishers, [2001]
©2001

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 MCC    Check Shelf
Description vi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
Navajo Indians -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Marine Corps -- Participation, Indian.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Communications.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
Navajo language -- Dictionaries.
Added Title Navajo code talkers
ISBN 1887896325
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