Unsung heroes of World War II
Subtitle: the story of the Navajo code talkers
By: Deanne Durrett ; with a new afterword by the author.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803224568
Subjects: United States. -- Marine Corps -- Indian troops -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile literature; Navajo language -- Juvenile literature; Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile literature; Navajo Indians -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Originally published: New York, NY : Facts on File, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Navajo; title: Birth of the idea; title: The original; title: Special assignment; title: The Navajo School; title: The code talkers hit Guadalcanal; title: The Navajo code in operation; title: The code talkers' shining hour; title: Home again; title: The code talkers' contribution.