Unsung heroes of World War II : the story of the Navajo code talkers / Deanne Durrett.
Series: Library of American Indian historyPublication details: New York, NY : Facts on File, 1998.Description: vi, 122p. : ill. ; 23cmISBN:- 0816036039
- United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops -- Juvenile literature
- United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile literature
- Navajo language -- Juvenile literature
- Navajo Indians -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian
- Cryptography
- Navajo Indians
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
- 940.54/8673 21
- D810.C88 D87 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II.