Under the eagle
Subtitle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo code talker
By: Samuel Holiday and Robert S. McPherson
Contributors: McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780806143897
Subjects: Cryptography; United States. Marine Corps; Navajo Indians; Navajo code talkers; Indian Participation; United States; World War, 1939-1945; Marines; Oral history; Biography
Other titles: Samuel Holiday, Navajo code talker
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Decoding the Past : Origin and Context of Under the Eagle; title: Establishing Beliefs : Birth and Early Years; title: Diné Language and Control : Boarding School and Enlistment; title: Training and Protection : Preparation for War; title: Traditional and Contemporary Combat : First Encounter : Kwajalein; title: The Hard Edge of Combat : Saipan and Tinian : Protection Made Tangible; title: The Final Crucible : Iwo Jima : The Code Talkers' Triumph; title: After the War : A Different Kind of Battle; title: Recognition and Reconciliation : Samuel and the Code Talkers Association.