Unsung heroes of World War II
Subtitle: the story of the Navajo code talkers
By: Deanne Durrett.
Series: Library of American Indian history
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: 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 code talkers -- Juvenile literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.; Cryptography.; Navajo code talkers.; Navajo Indians.; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 119-122)