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Author Holiday, Samuel Tom, 1924-2018

Title Under the eagle : Samuel Holiday, Navajo code talker / Samuel Holiday and Robert S. McPherson.

Publication Info. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B HOLIDAY, S.    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  B HOLIDAY    Check Shelf
Description xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-252) and index.
Contents Introduction: Decoding the Past : Origin and Context of Under the Eagle -- Establishing Beliefs : Birth and Early Years -- Diné Language and Control : Boarding School and Enlistment -- Training and Protection : Preparation for War -- Traditional and Contemporary Combat : First Encounter : Kwajalein -- The Hard Edge of Combat : Saipan and Tinian : Protection Made Tangible -- The Final Crucible : Iwo Jima : The Code Talkers' Triumph -- After the War : A Different Kind of Battle -- Recognition and Reconciliation : Samuel and the Code Talkers Association.
Subject Holiday, Samuel Tom, 1924-2018
Navajo code talkers -- Biography.
Navajo Indians -- Utah -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.
Marines -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Marine Corps -- Biography.
Oral history -- United States.
Added Author McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
ISBN 9780806143897 hardcover alkaline paper
0806143894 hardcover alkaline paper
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