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Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story Cover Image Book Book

Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story / Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes.

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- (author.). Amini-Holmes, Liz, (illustrator.).

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"As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780807500071
  • ISBN: 0807500070
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, ©2018.

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Subject: Nez, Chester.
United States. Marine Corps > Biography.
Navajo code talkers > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian.
Marines > United States > Biography.
Navajo Indians > Biography.
Navajo language.

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