Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
Publication Information
New York : Penguin Workshop, 2021.
Physical Description
108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Audience
Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.
Summary
"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code, recounts some of their riskiest missions, and discusses how the country treated them before, during, and after the war"--
Contents
- Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
- The Navajo
- Marine boot camp
- The Secret language of war
- Creating the Navajo Code
- The Code in action
- Code-talker life
- Iwo Jima
- Going home
- Delayed honors.
Subjects
- Navajo code talkers > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian > Juvenile literature.
- Navajo language > Juvenile literature.
- Navajo Indians > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- Navajo code talkers.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian.
- Navajo language.
- Navajo Indians > History > 20th century.
- United States. Marine Corps > Indian troops > Juvenile literature.