Code talker
By: Chester Nez, with Judith Schiess Avila
Contributors: Avila, Judith Schiess
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Berkley Caliber
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780425244234
Subjects: Cryptography; United States. Marine Corps; Navajo Indians; Navajo code talkers; Indian Participation; United States; American Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945; Marines; Biography
Description: Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret military language based on his native language during World War II that became the only unbroken code in modern warfare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-296) and index.