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Navajo Weapon: The Navajo Code Talkers (Native American Culture (Rio Nuevo))

by: Sally McClain

: Navajo Weapon: The Navajo Code Talkers (Native American Culture (Rio Nuevo))
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940
EAN: 9781887896320
ISBN: 1887896325
Label: Rio Nuevo Publishers
Manufacturer: Rio Nuevo Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Date: 2002-04
Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
Sales Rank: 177847
Studio: Rio Nuevo Publishers



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Read the true story that inspired Windtalkers, a major summer 2002 release that honors the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, directed by John Woo (Mission: Impossible 2) and starring Nicholas Cage and Adam Beach. Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, this newly revised edition of Navajo Weapon: The Navajo Code Talkers describes how the U.S. Marine Corps recruited young Navajo warriors to create a secret code, using their native language that many of them had once been forbidden to speak. The Navajo Code Talkers played decisive roles in the Pacific Theater and helped turned the tide in the bloody battles for Bougainville, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu, and Iwo Jima. Their unbreakable code helped save countless American lives and earned the Navajo Code Talkers the undying respect of their comrades in arms. 54 rare, historic photographs and maps.



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Loose on Facts
This is a fascinating book, reads easily, and is a good introduction to the Navajo
code talker ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Solid History of the Navajo Code Talkers
Sally McClain has put together a well documented, detailed history of the Navajo Code talkers who served ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Wider focus than advertised
This book does an excellent job at looking at how and why the Navajo Code Talkers were created, but the greater ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Solid account
Except among students of history and military buffs, the story of the Navajo code talkers - Marines who were recruited ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Lifeless
"Navajo Weapon" is the story of the approximately 380 tribesmen utilized by the United States Marine Corps for a special ... Read More

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